Senate Republicans are unlikely to oppose Trump’s latest outrage on the border wall. Preserving the separation of powers will fall to the Supreme Court
A mark of our barbarous times has been a decades-long obsession with cutting taxes, exemplified most recently by the GOP bill signed into law one year ago
The midterm elections show that democracy is still very much alive in the United States; but the Democrats need to offer messaging adequate to the moment
Rather than introducing unprecedented ‘changes’ to the catechism, Pope Francis has simply pushed his predecessors’ intuitions to their logical conclusion
While the former nuncio’s incendiary claims have been largely discredited, Pope Francis still needs to articulate a path forward through the sex-abuse crisis
If there is something to seize from this moment, it is the opportunity to envision—with vigor, clarity, and discernment—meaningful and measurable reform
As more Americans consider health care a right, Trump’s appointees and congressional allies are quietly dismantling the safety net that protects millions
The weeks since Donald Trump’s inauguration have offered a mix of extremism and ineptitude that has vindicated the darkest suspicions about how he would govern.
Trump's administration appears to believe that health care, education, and housing are nothing more than commodities to be delivered by the market, or not at all.
John Kerry's argument is commonsensical: Given the threats Israel faces, does it really want to intensify conflict in the West Bank? How does that help the region?
Supporters said Donald Trump would surround himself with competent people and not just diehard loyalists and bomb-throwers. For the most part, this hasn't happened.
It is worth stopping to reflect on what Francis has described as “the very foundation of the church’s life,” now, while the Year of Mercy remains fresh in our minds.
It is not unreasonable to fear that Trump will govern as he campaigned—as an authoritarian, a threat
to the rule of law, an agent of disorder on the world stage.
What the Catholic Church teaches about civic and political duties is an invaluable resource in the battle against those who seek to delegitimize liberal democracy.
New U.S. Census Report data on income, poverty, and health-care coverage comes as good news. But amid the recovery, millions of Americans still feel economic pain.
Georgetown is taking bold steps to atone for its role in the slave trade. Catholic institutions bear a special burden, but they also have a unique opportunity.
Now that he is the official GOP nominee, the most important fact about Donald Trump is not that he is ridiculous or contemptible, but that he is dangerous.
In the aftermath of events like Orlando, it seems as though the God of Jacob does not perceive, and it is no impiety to say so. But that is not the end of the story.
