There seems to be a prevalent sentiment amongst Catholics in the United States—the feeling that we don’t fit in with either political party and thus have to...
Catholic social teaching
Until President Joe Biden announced he was dropping out of the race, the 2024 presidential campaign offered voters a choice between two deeply unpopular...
Project 2025 is the product of The Heritage Foundation, a well-heeled conservative Washington think tank. While some Catholics may support the project, the...
In recent presidential election cycles, “law and order” has dominated U.S. political imagination about criminal justice. When most Americans hear the phrase...
Donald Trump has chosen Ohio senator J.D. Vance to be his running mate in the 2024 election. Like Trump, Vance is a self-proclaimed populist who says he will...
In Argentina’s recent presidential election, an upstart challenger threatened the incumbent party. Polls showed Sergio Massa, the current economy minister...
On March 30, the Vatican announced its repudiation of the Doctrine of Discovery, a principle used to justify centuries of colonialism and oppression of...
It is common today for Catholics to use the Marxist label as a slur—or, less frequently, as a sign of activist credibility. Yet most Catholics lack even a...
A very common way of presenting Catholic social teaching is the formula “see, judge, act.” The method comes to prominence in the social encyclicals of St. Pope...
“I don’t know what to do with Gaudium et Spes,” I exclaimed, sinking into a chair in my professor’s office during graduate school. “Perhaps you should not say...
