Politics can be exhausting and indeed discouraging. A few weeks ago, when I asked my 18-year-old freshmen students if they’d registered to vote, half of them...
Politics
Around 2 a.m. on November 6, once it was clear what the election outcome would be, I finally went to sleep. It was not a restful night. Every time I woke up, I...
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...
Until President Joe Biden announced he was dropping out of the race, the 2024 presidential campaign offered voters a choice between two deeply unpopular...
For Mary Novak, being the first lay executive director of NETWORK, a social justice lobby of Catholic sisters founded in 1972, is an “integrating role at this...
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...
With Election Day just a few weeks away, it can feel like polarization, both in our country and in our church, is at an all-time high. And with the United...
’Tis the season for apocalypse! Another church year ends this month with the Solemnity of Christ the King. Our final scripture readings will brim with end-time...
For most of 2024, voters braced themselves for an election between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump. So when President Biden dropped out...
