Michael Sean Winters

Although the task ahead in addressing global climate change is enormous, despair and denial must not stifle us, says Michael Sean Winters. 

It is nice to have a president like Joe Biden who understands that NATO is still a necessity, morally and politically, writes Michael Sean Winters.

Dialogue with our tradition does not hold us back, says Michael Sean Winters. It is what propels us forward as Catholics.

Issues of class and meritocracy have been raised in the aftermath of two Supreme Court decisions about higher education, says columnist Michael Sean Winters. And the conversation has deepened and grown more interesting.

Critics of the synodal process don't fear that synodality will fail, they fear it is already succeeding, says columnist Michael Sean Winters.

Michael Sean Winters would like to see Pope Francis make some legacy appointments of bishops under 60, who will influence the U.S. church in the next decades. 

President Joe Biden should lean into accepting responsibility for how lower-income folks are benefiting in today's economy, says columnist Michael Sean Winters.

Congress, not the courts, should undertake such prudential assessments about affirmative action, says columnist Michael Sean Winters. 
 

To Catholic Democrats who signed a recent pro-choice statement of principles, columnist Michael Sean Winters advises that both politicians and church leaders stay in their lane on the issue of abortion.

Whoever came up with the idea of framing the synod working document in terms of questions, rather than a draft text, deserves a bonus, says columnist Michael Sean Winters.
 

In part two of his review of "Siblings All, Signs of the Times," columnist Michael Sean Winters reiterates his strong recommendation of the book, citing important themes that speak to issues of synodality and politics.

A new book traces the differences between the inductive and deductive theological methods adopted by popes since Vatican II. Michael Sean Winters gives it a thumbs up.
 

With the most important conversations held behind closed doors, the U.S. bishops' spring meeting in Orlando did not impress columnist Michael Sean Winters.

A recent event about the slaves sold by Georgetown University in 1838 — and the subsequent moves to compensate their descendents — featured New York Times reporter Rachel Swarns, who has written a new book on the topic.

When the U.S. bishops consider new rules for transgender care at Catholic hospitals, Michael Sean Winters suggests listening to the Catholic Health Association, not the ideological National Catholic Bioethics Center.

The Supreme Court's decision in Allen v. Milligan to throw out an Alabama redistricting map that seemed designed to dilute the power of Black voters was good news for both voting rights and the court's legitimacy.

Pat Robertson, who died June 8, played a part in the coarsening of religious faith that  continues to harm the Christian churches, says NCR columnist Michael Sean Winters.

Just war theory is capable of adaptation and development to address new nightmares, columnist Michael Sean Winters took away from a panel at the recent College Theology Society conference.

Given how close the 2020 presidential election between Joe Biden and Donald Trump was, the Democratic Party needs to be very disciplined, says Michael Sean Winters. There is no room for unserious challengers to Biden's renomination.

Chris Christie, Mike Pence and Tim Scott don't insist the 2020 election was stolen, but they all subscribe to neoliberalism that made Donald Trump possible, says Michael Sean Winters.