Via CNS: About 100 current and former Democratic lawmakers from several states urged the Democratic Party’s Platform Committee Aug. 14 “to moderate its official position on abortion,” saying many party leaders support abortion policies “radically out of line with public opinion.” “Many Democratic leaders support abortion at any time, for any reason; this position is… Read More Democratic Lawmakers Urge Party to Step Away from Extreme, Unpopular Abortion Position

Millennial writer Meghan Clark writes: Participation in the political, social, and economic life of the community is both our right and our responsibility. While not everyone is called to be an activist, all are called to actively work for the common good. Voting, in Catholic social teaching, is a moral obligation. Yet, as Christians, we… Read More Voting Under the Sign of the Cross

Michael Sandel, professor of political philosophy at Harvard University and author of The Tyranny of Merit: What’s Become of the Common Good, explains how our supposedly meritocratic culture is actually damaging the common good:

Pope Francis: “The coronavirus is not the only disease to be fought, but rather, the pandemic has shed light on broader social ills. One of these is a distorted view of the person, a perspective that ignores the dignity and relational character of the person.”

Christopher White offers an in-depth look at how Joe Biden’s Catholic background and faith have shaped his life and approach to politics—and how it might affect the 2020 campaign: Biden credits those Catholic roots — which first took seed in parishes and parochial schools in Pennsylvania and Delaware — with teaching him the importance of… Read More How Joe Biden’s Catholicism Shapes His Life and Approach to Politics

via the Vatican: The gestures of that man and the merchant who go searching, depriving themselves of their goods in order to buy more precious treasures, are decisive gestures; they are radical gestures; I would say that they are only ‘one way’ gestures, not a ‘round trip’: they are ‘one way’ gestures. Moreover, they are… Read More Pope Francis: Chasing Illusory, Fleeting Things Leads to Dull, Mediocre Lives

Mike Jordan Laskey writes: According to the biography by Jesuit Fr. George Traub and Debra Mooney, Ignatius had only been in the Holy Land for a few weeks when church authorities told him to go back to Europe. Chastened, Ignatius decided he needed a more formal education before he could “help souls.” In order to… Read More Learning Humility from St. Ignatius