The Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life at Georgetown University hosted Cardinal Donald Wuerl, archbishop of Washington, for a discussion on Pope Francis, Catholic social teaching, and young Catholics who are active in public policy. The discussion between Cardinal Wuerl and John Carr was followed by responses from three millennial Catholics, including Millennial… Read More Cardinal Wuerl, Millennial Editor on Pope Francis, Catholic Social Thought, and Millennial Leaders

In 1979, David Hollenbach, S.J. advocated for Catholic public theology that “attempts to illuminate the urgent moral questions of our time through explicit use of the great symbols and doctrines of the Christian faith.” Since then, American Catholic public theologians have, as Gonzalo Villagrán, S.J. describes, worked to accessibly bring Catholic teaching to the public… Read More Vatican Climate Change Conference: Catholic Public Theology Takes Center Stage

This post by Brendan Busse, SJ is also featured on The Jesuit Post. I held the mic. That’s about it. I had been asked to serve as an acolyte for the diaconate ordination of eight Jesuits here in Madrid. During an ordination liturgy the presiding bishop moves around more than usual — sit, stand, kneel, from one… Read More Invisible Things

Over the last couple of years, there has been a growing focus among American Catholics on the fundamental incompatibility of libertarianism and Catholic moral and social thought. Yet few have become familiar with an approach to American politics that is far more compatible with the Church’s approach: communitarianism. In this video, Amitai Etzioni, a leading… Read More What is Communitarianism?

Millennial writer Meghan Clark has a new article at US Catholic. She writes: For Christians, widespread poverty and inequality is scandalous, even though no one calls Olivia Pope to handle it. Echoing his predecessors, Pope Francis frequently admonishes us that poverty is a scandal. He laments that when people with no homes die of exposure… Read More This is What Real Scandal Looks Like

Two years ago I declared that Deacon Mike Rogers was a better person than I am. Last year I admitted that I still hadn’t forgiven Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the recently convicted Boston Marathon bomber. Now that the last athlete has crossed the finish line of the 119th running, I confess that I still hold an angry… Read More Sermon on the Marathon