Supporters of outgoing President Donald Trump breached the U.S. Capitol Jan. 6, putting the building on lockdown and interrupting the count of electoral votes to certify the 2020 election, capping the last days of a tumultuous presidency with chaos.
Much of the country,
Ahead of the Jan. 20 inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden, Monsignor Owen Campion addresses the challenges that the Church will face by having a Catholic in the White House who will work toward policies that go against Church teaching. He writes: The
Publisher Scott Richert writes that while there were many deaths that took place in 2020, “the greatest loss this year, though, was not that of a particular person, but the final passing away, after a long, painful decline over many decades (or
Scott P. Richert, in the All Things New column, encourages Catholics not to take a political Manichaeism approach to politicians’ policies that dissent with Church teaching. Politicians have both good and bad ideas. He writes, “We don’t have to accept the bad
Kenneth Craycraft writes: “Having just completed the most bitterly divisive presidential election in our lifetimes, it is useful to think about the abiding problem of partisan identification, especially among Catholics. The fissures that the election exposed are still with us. While the
Catholics in the United States share a common faith, but seemingly little else as their worldviews often reflect secular political ideologies, experts said Tuesday during a virtual panel hosted by Georgetown University’s Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life. The panel
Watching the talking heads on TV, or even talking to our neighbors, it would seem that our country is approaching impending doom, regardless of the outcome. No matter the outcome of the race at the top of the ticket, we must prepare
Russell Shaw shares three observations about how we elect the president and proposes changes that would help our country heal and reunite. However, he recognizes that many of his ideas are unlikely. Shaw concludes his article by writing: “Are ideas like these
This week, Monsignor Charles Pope answers the question: Why do guardian angels not prevent innocent children from suffering harm, such as abuse or abduction? He writes that while our guardian angels do sometimes remove us from physical harm, their primary role is
The COVID-19 pandemic, abortion and the Supreme Court, and race were among the top issues debated by Sen. Kamala Harris, the Democratic vice presidential nominee, and Vice President Mike Pence Oct. 7 at Kingsbury Hall on the campus of the University of