Several times in the past weeks I’ve seen Catholics on social media denounce the removal of statues in the United States, the United Kingdom and Belgium as acts of ‘iconoclasm,’ using that theological term from the eighth century in a careless way
During a virtual commencement address, Illinois Congressman Dan Lipinski told 2020 graduates that “if you really want to change the world, you must choose to be Catholic and carry Jesus into the public square.” Lipinski, a pro-life Democrat who was defeated during
Washington state's Catholic bishops are calling on all Washingtonians "to engage respectfully with others to improve civil dialogue and our entire political system" during this political year. "Our country's political discourse has become much less civil over the last several decades to
The Our Sunday Visitor Editorial Board writes: For years now, especially during national election cycles, American Catholics have been politically homeless. Once a major voting bloc, Catholics in the United States have found themselves increasingly facing a hostile political landscape, uncomfortable with
Bishop Robert W. McElroy of San Diego, in a Feb. 6 speech at the University of San Diego, said "the drive to label a single issue preeminent" in the 2020 election "distorts the call to authentic discipleship in voting rather than advancing
Less than two weeks after pro-life leaders welcomed President Donald Trump to the speakers' platform at the Jan. 24 March for Life on the National Mall, these leaders were praising a call he issued in his State of the Union address Feb.
During the recent unpleasantness between the United States and Iran, Church leaders called, as they should, for both countries to look for ways to back away from the brink of war. However, publisher Scott P. Richert noted that no one seemed to
Deacon Greg Kandra offers some guideposts in dealing with the news in 2020. In this age of the 24-hour news cycle, we are buried under an avalanche of information. Kandra offers some tips that can lend some stability to an unstable world.
Election years are always tough ones for the Catholic Church in the United States, as political divisions threaten to tear the Body of Christ asunder. It’s easy enough to say that Catholics should be Catholics first, and that political affiliations should be
A year before the 2020 election, the U.S. bishops have launched their own campaign: Civilize It: Dignity Beyond the Debate, in which it is asking Catholics “to pledge civility, clarity, and compassion in their families, communities, and parishes, and [to] call on