Is Tea Party Catholicism dead as a legitimate political stance within the Catholic Church? That’s what Pope Francis’ close Honduran cardinal-advisor Oscar Rodriguez Maradiaga is arguing. During his keynote address at a June 3rd forum hosted by The Catholic University of America’s Institute for Policy Research & Catholic Studies, Rodriguez—defending Pope Francis’ economic teachings—derided the… Read More Why Tea Party Catholicism Is a No Go
Paul Ryan’s latest makeover is designed to fix his plutocratic image and rehabilitate his future political prospects. It is designed to counter claims that Republicans are indifferent to poverty and revive the image of Paul Ryan as a “serious thinker” who cares about policy, an image that was shattered in the 2012 campaign when many… Read More Paul Ryan is Still Paul Ryan
Check out these recent articles from around the web: The Compassion Gap by Nicholas Kristof: “There is an income gap in America, but just as important is a compassion gap. Plenty of successful people see a picture of a needy child and their first impulse is not to help but to reproach.” Arizona’s SB 1062… Read More Around the Web (Part 2)
Check out these recent articles from around the web: Jesus and the Bullied by Brian Pinter: “Jesus, by his own example and preaching, empowers us to move beyond being bystanders, to embrace and shield, through bold but loving action, those suffering under the yoke of bullying and taunting.” New Philippines cardinal calls for church to… Read More Around the Web (Part 1)
Check out these recent articles from around the web: A Year Later, the Pope Benedict Most People Forget by John Gehring: “The Benedict legacy often forgotten today amid the understandable euphoria over Pope Francis is a significant contribution to the Church’s social justice tradition.” Pope Emeritus Benedict by Michael Sean Winters: “Benedict’s pontificate was seminal… Read More Around the Web
Check out these recent articles from around the web: Truth and Truthiness by Patrick Manning: “If we want our students to seek Christ with their whole selves, we must engage them in the fullness of their being—heart, mind and will. St. Augustine long ago offered a formula for doing just this: delight the heart, instruct… Read More Around the Web
In November, America’s most listened-to radio talk show host told his audience that Pope Francis was preaching “pure Marxism.” Either that, Limbaugh said, or the “worldwide left” had deliberately mistranslated the pope’s apostolic exhortation, Evangelii Gaudium. Many Catholics were outraged at the distortion. Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good called on Limbaugh to apologize.… Read More Thank you, Rush Limbaugh
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