via the Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life: At this timely dialogue in Dahlgren Chapel of the Sacred Heart, in a context of prayer, reflection, and conversation, four leading Catholic thinkers and scholars examined the foundations, challenges, and opportunities for a principled relationship between faith and democracy in our current moment. The United… Read More Faith, Democracy, and the Common Good

via the NY Times: Speaking to reporters on a flight to Algeria at the beginning of a 10-day tour to four African nations, Leo said: “I have no fear, neither of the Trump administration, nor of speaking out loudly about the message of the Gospel. And that’s what I believe I am called here to… Read More Pope to Trump: I’m Not a Politician, Just Defending Innocent People and Gospel Values

Cardinal Joseph Tobin, Cardinal Robert McElroy, and Cardinal Blase Cupich appeared on 60 Minutes tonight in a joint interview. They discussed President Donald Trump’s unjust use of force and immoral immigration policies, along with the future of the Catholic Church and the impact of Pope Leo. You can watch the full segment here: Trump, meanwhile,… Read More US Cardinals Discuss Trump’s Unjust War and Immigration Policies, as Trump Attacks the Pope

Millennial writer Chris Crawford writes: Eleven years ago this summer, a troubled white man entered the historic Mother Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, S.C., and opened fire on a group of Black worshippers who had welcomed him into their Bible study. He intended to start a race war. He failed. He failed not just because the… Read More Lessons from Charleston as America Turns 250

Millennial editor Robert Christian writes: A sense of precarity haunts the American psyche at the present moment. Many feel squeezed–with growing inequality hollowing out the middle class, along with an affordability crisis rooted in high long-term inflation in healthcare, childcare, education, and housing. Recent inflation in food and energy costs have increased the pressure. The… Read More Love is Undefeated

In September, Cardinal Christophe Pierre, in his last year as the Apostolic Nuncio to the United States of America, gave a speech on woke culture, post-liberalism, and the response of the Social Doctrine of the Church. He begins by addressing the crisis in liberalism and two responses (all quotes are in italics): During the first… Read More A Catholic Alternative to Bourgeois Liberalism, Identity Politics, and Authoritarianism

via the Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life: Just ahead of the one-year anniversary of the death of Pope Francis and the election of Pope Leo XIV, two papal biographers discussed the historic choice of the first pope from the United States. Drawing on their on-the-ground reporting in Rome, Austen Ivereigh and Christopher… Read More Pope Francis and Pope Leo: Continuity, Change, and the Conclave that Elected a U.S. Pope