Politicians, their staffs and volunteers should reflect our best aspirations as citizens,” he said.
US Politics
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
The statistics are wrong. Accidental shootings are killing children more than we think.
Deaths and injuries spike for children under 5, with 3-year-olds the most common shooters and victims.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Reno’s latest work “a riveting plea for the revival of a Christendom that has recently collapsed on American soil.” Conley reviews.
Reno’s portrait of contemporary American society is bold and grim.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Trump campaign pounces on Clinton advisor’s hacked email about Catholic conservatives
“She did a big number on Catholics, a horrible number on Catholics…through her people,” Mr. Trump said.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
With abortion sidelined this election, some Catholics are turning to other life issues
Some Catholics have turned their sights to other issues—euthanasia, death penalty—that are part of the church’s pro-life agenda.
Posted inEditorials, Politics & Society
Editors: ‘See the person,’ not the party, for a healthy country
The United States needs to restore a particular kind of politics as usual.
Posted inCurrent Comment, Politics & Society
What the U.S. can do for peace in Colombia
The shock defeat was officially by less than a single percentage point.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Catholic Republicans have mixed reactions to Trump’s crude talk
President’s power to pick next Supreme Court justices keep some Catholics on board the Trump campaign.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Trump reaches out to Catholic voters; a new poll suggests they’re listening
Donald Trump is seeking to woo Catholics via a letter writing campaign.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Signs Of the Times
Death Penalty on the Ropes?
“We want to let Catholics all throughout the state know that the death penalty is not necessary to protect public safety,” Tom Venzor, head of the Nebraska Catholic Conference, said at a press event on Sept. 29.