Michael Sean Winters

These alt-right folks may shout "Viva Christo Rey!" but they act like they have found their king and Mar-a-Lago is his kingdom. That is the problem, points out NCR columnist Michael Sean Winters.

Prophets call a people back to their truest selves, to the roots of their tradition, to what is best in their past and what is needed now and in their future. Archbishop Borys Gudziak is prophetic in this way.

Last week more than 30 bishops and cardinals joined with theologians, journalists and other Catholic leaders at Fordham University for the fourth "Way Forward" ecclesial gathering.

Drawing from scholarly research and years of personal dialogue with their Jewish counterparts, the authors recognize that the suffering witnessed in the past 18 months could upend peace efforts and limit fraternal dialogue.

Trump is kissing up to Putin and denigrating Zelenskyy, imperiling NATO's future. Where are the Republican senators willing to defend the greatest bipartisan foreign policy success in American history, made possible by one of their own?

"With the Republican Party in control of the two political branches of government, the judiciary's willingness to defend the law is invaluable," writes NCR columnist Michael Sean Winters.

Jesus' counsel is especially wise if we are going to help our society overcome the intense polarization that afflicts it. It is so easy to list the many faults and failures of those whose politics are not like our own.

In highlighting "two pillars" of personal liberties and free markets to the exclusion of other civilizational pillars, and insulating them from criticism, Bezos misunderstands how ideas strengthen or atrophy.

Cardinal Sean O'Malley's lecture offered unique insights into the spiritual sources on which Pope Francis has drawn, specifically the ways he embodies both the Franciscan and Ignatian traditions.

If there are any true conservatives left in today's GOP, they should stand up to the chaos and the diminution of the moral source of governmental authority that Trump's haphazard approach to government has unleashed.

The Ukrainian people have suffered acutely and many Russian families, who had no gripe with Ukraine, have lost their sons. It might be time to try and end the war, but Trump on the world stage only destroys and dismantles.

Michael Sean Winters says it is time to banish the idea that business practices are conducive to the work of government.

Amid mixed signals, erroneous claims that have to be walked back, and bizarre initiatives, some decisions are irrevocable and the sideways shooting by the gang that can't shoot straight endangers the lives of real people.

A squabble among scholars, a pro-American prelate, an exploding battleship, and the Roman Question all fed into Pope Leo XIII's decision to publish his 1899 letter that condemned the heresy of "Americanism."

It is not every day that the pope publicly scolds a group of bishops. Those unfamiliar with papal texts can be forgiven for thinking Pope Francis' letter to the U.S. bishops was one of encouragement. It wasn't.

Many legal challenges have stopped something unconstitutional President Trump wanted to do, while others have put his plans on pause, writes Michael Sean Winters. But you only get relief if you are party to the legal challenges.

Passing over 14 centuries of religious intolerance and persecution, as Vice President JD Vance did in a recent speech, in order to deny that religious liberty has a liberal pedigree is intellectually dishonest.

The president seems not to recognize that ownership of the land is the underlying issue in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and removing yet more Palestinians from their land is unlikely to lead to peace.

Vice President Vance, and the policies he is defending, does not start with grace and gratitude. He is not just ethically wrong. He doesn't understand the Catholic faith to which he converted, and he is not alone.

This case could be a vehicle by which the Supreme Court continues its effort to recalibrate church-state jurisprudence in ways that are more friendly to religions and religiously motivated plaintiffs.