Vice President-elect JD Vance’s wife, Usha, a practicing Hindu, once told him that she believed his 2019 conversion to Catholicism “was good for you.”
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Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Review: Doris Kearns Goodwin looks back on the ’60s—and the love of her life
Doris Kearns Goodwin’s “An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s” centers on the unique history found by going through her and her husband Dick Goodwin’s boxes of writings and memorabilia from his five-decade career in American politics.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Review: Examining the sanctuary movement at an important political moment
By centering the voices and experiences of Latina/o sanctuary leaders in ” Sanctuary People: Faith-Based Organizing in Latina/o Communities,” Gina M. Pérez presents sanctuary as both a sacred and secular reality.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
I’m a Catholic Trump voter. I hope Americans can find a better way to talk about politics.
We Catholics ought to be at the forefront in establishing a better way for Americans to discuss matters of political significance.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
The return of Trump is a triumph for patriarchy. Our young men deserve better.
We do not need the “warrior culture” of Pete Hegseth and others in the Trump circle. Instead, we need to develop a culture of encounter and belonging.
Posted inNews Analysis, Politics & Society
How Catholic is the new Congress?
To paraphrase E.J. Dionne’s dictum about the Catholic vote, there is no Catholic bloc in Congress, and yet, the Catholic members of the House and Senate matter a great deal.
Posted inPolitics & Society, The Weekly Dispatch
Debt relief advocates make their case to Joe Biden before he leaves the White House
More than 60 Catholic institutions, congregations and individuals have signed a letter imploring Mr. Biden to endorse a new round of assistance to the world’s most indebted nations from the International Monetary Fund.
Posted inOf Many Things, Politics & Society
Jimmy Carter and the lofty vocation of citizenship
Americans can learn much about citizenship from Jimmy Carter’s public service and humble faith.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
What democracy demands of citizens under Trump
“If democracy is under threat from authoritarian urges, it is time to rediscover and reorganize our mutual obedience.”
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
The top 5 international Catholic stories you read in 2024 (and some we wish you had)
Top reports from America’s “Dispatches” department include looks at conflict, migration and geopolitics through a Catholic filter.