When we talk about abortion in America, we must talk about the suffering, shame, and guilt caused by the belief that it’s wrong to have a baby when you’re poor.
Evangelicals inflicted misgovernment and disgrace on their fellow Americans to overturn Roe. Quite possibly, their fellow Americans will not thank them for it.
Pro-choice advocates tout the relative safety of abortion versus pregnancy. But more access to abortion doesn’t address the United States’ abysmal maternal care.
Traditionalism can seem trendy and countercultural, but it is the constancy, not the theatricality, of the Church that offers meaning in a secular world.
Steve Bannon has tried to cast both Trump’s victory and defeat as providential, the first battles in an ongoing war. Let’s hope providence has other plans.
As bizarre as Viganò’s claims are, we cannot ignore that a Catholic archbishop actively assisted Steve Bannon in spreading the Big Lie leading up to January 6.
At its best, America balances the Establishment and Free Exercise clauses, but the Supreme Court’s ruling in ‘Kennedy’ drastically upsets that balance.
The controversy at Nativity School shows how the Church has allied itself with discrimination, undermining its credibility and failing to live up to its values.
Faith-rooted community organizing, with its emphasis on building relationships and developing practical strategies, can help us think about synodality.
In the United States, there is a growing gap between Catholic academia and the institutional Church, one that hinders our ability to understand the sex-abuse crisis.
