Getting our nation’s budget priorities in order will require a show of solidarity. Thanks to Wisconsin Republican Rep. Paul Ryan, somewhat arcane Catholic...
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.
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...
Want to know more about new state immigration laws? We’ve done the research. In the following states, immigration legislation has been proposed to: ALABAMA –...
During Christianity’s earliest centuries, an era of official persecution of Christians, church and state were not only separate but opposed. Then in the...
We don’t normally publish the feedback from our Reader Surveys online, out of respect for the privacy of respondents (name and city are included in this...
U.S. Catholic readers provide a progress report on Barack Obama’s first term in office. Since Day 1 of his presidency, Barack Obama has had a rocky...
Election Day shouldn’t be a time to leave our faith at home. Religion is the problem,” said a friend at a late summer barbecue. “If we could keep religion out...
