A new play about a reunion of four friends, all conservative Catholics, is quietly heroic. It reveals the limits of rhetoric as it probes the nature of suffering.
Should the church continue to oppose the safe, therapeutic injection of opioids? No, according to this ethical primer on the philosophy of harm reduction.
Rather than pagan nature-worship, perhaps the statue of a pregnant woman suggests that the Amazonian people are bringing the seeds of the gospel to fruition.
The split between hardline Trump loyalists and the rest of the country continues to widen, with the same fracturing mirrored in Germany and the United Kingdom.
As evidenced by his Notre Dame speech, Barr’s understanding of Christianity is essentially Pelagian: his idea of Catholic ‘micro-morality’ ignores the social gospel.
Studies show that the rich tend to be less empathetic and more selfish. Electoral politics, and policy change, is a promising way to take back what they’ve stolen.
Did liberalism originate in a kind of theodicy? And is there any reason to suppose that egalitarian liberalism is or has to be theological? Not necessarily.
Who is up to governing this rattled country on January 20, 2021? Whichever candidate emerges from the crowded Democratic field has much work ahead of them.
Organized labor was once the backbone of American democracy. A new book argues that the future of collective bargaining requires adaptation to new economies.
Thousands of migrants are now camping along the border in Ciudad Juárez, enduring squalid conditions as they await responses from U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
My visit to the besieged city included protests, tear gas, and arrests. It drove home the degree to which Hong Kong has become a militarized police state.
For decades we’ve been assured that trade with China would lead to more liberty there, not less liberty here. The NBA example reveals the limits of this thesis.
In this moment, where we find ourselves pushed relentlessly toward “either/or” positions, an 1890 encyclical by Leo XIII offers a helpful way of framing nationalism.
Decades of neoliberalism have rendered the American left understandably wary of welfare benefits for all, not just the poor. But Scandinavia shows that it works.
So far, Trump has gotten away with everything short of murder—but as allies peel away, even his anti-liberal rhetoric might not be enough to maintain support.
Words like ‘racism’ and ‘white supremacy’ make people uncomfortable. But as El Paso Bishop Mark Seitz points out in a new letter, we must reckon with them.
The church’s deplorable record on sexual abuse has provoked condemnation on both the left and the right. Why wasn’t Justice Kavanaugh subjected to similar scrutiny?
With the impeachment investigation underway, Democrats must learn to behave differently, building a broader coalition that includes moderates and conservatives.
Unlike most revolutions, the Irish War of Independence ultimately led to a democracy, not an autocracy ruled by a new gang of tyrants. It deserves to be remembered.
Let’s say this simply and clearly: Trump was using the inducement of American taxpayer dollars to get a foreign power to intervene in our politics on his behalf.
We need a truly international reckoning with the fact of mass migration, one in which wealthy countries actually confront climate change and food insecurity.
Global warming, the rise of the Latino vote, and, of course, millennial socialism. New books to keep an eye out for next time you browse the bookstore.
Is liberal democracy really so exhausted that there is no choice but to abandon it? The hopeful answer, articulated earlier by Italian priest Luigi Sturzo, is no.
Educated by Irish Catholic missionaries, Robert Mugabe helped Zimbabwe create a new middle class. But in his refusal to relinquish power, he committed atrocities.
Modi couches taking control of Kashmir as ‘concern’ for its people. But it comes from a hard turn to Hindu nationalism targeting India’s only Muslim-majority state
Democrats and Republicans both have proposals for paid family leave. So why can’t they agree on a set of policies, one that balances solidarity and subsidiarity?
Big business has a growing public relations problem. But the whims of wealthy philanthropists alone cannot bring about the economic justice envisioned by the gospel.
Personal data has become a valuable commodity. What if we were given ownership rights over our data—not only to retain control, but also to receive compensation?
Supporters of the electoral college are implicitly arguing that states with a higher percentage of white, non-Hispanic voters should choose who becomes president
The need for abortion is evidence of our broken humanity, but our current response also shows our Church’s inability to respond fully to the female experience.
