Catholics are valued voters for the candidates because they take their faith and their role in democracy seriously. In a 2008 U.S. Catholic survey, though...
Politics
Discover how Catholic social teaching and politics intersect and how Catholics engage political issues through advocacy, education, and actions guided by faith and social teaching.
Banning the Big Gulp isn’t enough to tip the scales in America’s obesity epidemic. Gluttony is the only one of the not-so-magnificent seven that is literally a...
A congressman would love to see immigration reform become the top priority for the U.S. Catholic Church’s social justice agenda. Interviewing U.S...
[Read more from Stephen Schneck on how Catholics can help the poor through politics.] You identify yourself as being a Catholic Democrat. Do you find conflicts...
In a system that increasingly favors the wealthy, Catholic teaching calls upon the government to step in and level the playing field. [Read more from Stephen...
Getting our nation’s budget priorities in order will require a show of solidarity. Thanks to Wisconsin Republican Rep. Paul Ryan, somewhat arcane Catholic...
The special interest groups pulling legislators’ strings can no longer hide in the shadows. The shooting of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in Sanford, Florida has...
Catholics fed on the church’s social teaching won’t like the taste of what the Tea Party is serving. Editors’ Note: Sounding Boards are one...
“I believe in an America where… there is no Catholic vote, no anti-Catholic vote,” declared John F. Kennedy. But today some wonder whether U...
America’s inflated self-image doesn’t reflect our nation’s obvious flaws. When Harry Potter looks at the magical Mirror of Erised, he sees what he wants to...
