There is no issue in American political life that is not leavened by an encounter with Catholic social teaching. The ability of Catholic thinkers to help the Democrats, however, is even more foundational.
Massimo Faggioli's book joins the esteemed canon of works that focus on questions about what a university should be, writes NCR columnist Michael Sean Winters.
"The Democrats need a populist economic platform that they can communicate effectively," writes NCR's Michael Sean Winters. They also need to "make economic populism the core of the party's identity."
The idea that a person is a citizen of the place where he or she is born is a bulwark against any attempt to discriminate unjustly, says NCR columnist Michael Sean Winters.
Letters to the editor: NCR readers respond to articles about the fall of the Assad regime, a supposed dearth of "compassion", and Nancy Pelosi's criticisms of Pope Francis.
In an address to a gathering of theologians at the Vatican on Monday, Pope Francis spoke about the importance of theology. Dan Horan shares his takeaways.
Before we Americans can overcome the polarization that plagues our politics, we need to reawaken the moral sensibilities that keep us from reducing human tragedies to culture war talking points.
Listen: Sr. Joan Chittister still feels the negative effects of being a woman in the Catholic Church, but she also thinks on many levels and in society, things have changed for the better.
