via AMDG: Our guest is Dr. Nichole Flores, one of the most exciting young theologians around. Nichole is an associate professor of religious studies at the University of Virginia, and completed her doctoral study in theological ethics at Boston College. It was tricky to decide what to talk to her about because her work covers… Read More In Faith-Filled Pursuit of Better Politics with Nichole Flores

Christian leaders, including Catholic defenders of democracy like Nichole Flores, have joined together to create and endorse a statement  to “reaffirm Christian support for democracy and invite all Christians and people of moral conscience to do the same.” It includes the following: On the Imago Dei and Human Dignity. Core to Christianity is the belief… Read More Catholic Leaders Endorse Statement Affirming a Christian Case for Democracy

via the Vatican: Today’s migratory routes are often marked by crossings of seas and deserts, which for many, too many people — too many! — are deadly. Therefore, today I want to dwell on this tragedy, this pain. Some of these routes we know well, because they are often in the spotlight; others, the majority,… Read More Pope Francis: Repelling Migrants is a Grave Sin

Watch Millennial writer Nichole Flores in a recent Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life panel at Georgetown University. The panel explored the political and religious dynamics of the 2024 US presidential election.

Millennial writer Meghan Clark is quoted extensively in a recent OSV News article at NCR: Meghan J. Clark, an associate professor of moral theology at St. John’s University in the Queens borough of New York and the author of “The Vision of Catholic Social Thought: The Virtue of Solidarity and the Praxis of Human Rights,”… Read More Walz, Vance, and Catholic Social Teaching

In her newsletter Granola, Gracy Olmstead writes: When I first started working as a journalist in Washington, D.C., I was required to publish 3-5 articles a week. They were not usually long, but the output required a constant scouring of the internet for any possible leads or “hooks” one might use for a story. My… Read More Post Less, Think More

Kathleen Bonnette writes: “The Authoritarian Playbook,” a report released in 2022 by the nonpartisan organization Protect Democracy, offers an evaluative framework for answering these questions. It identifies seven tactics through which “would-be authoritarians pursue power” and cause democratic systems to “backslide towards more authoritarian forms of government.” Because modern Western autocrats rarely come to power… Read More 7 signs of Authoritarianism from Trump’s GOP