Commentary: Thomas Aquinas would see conspiracy thinking as a matter of concern not only politically but in terms of faith. What can we do as people who are committed to truth, as well as to "loving our neighbor"?
Commentary: I applaud Pope Francis for what he has said. But if LGBT people can be part of God's vision for human flourishing in community, then they must also be a part of God's vision for the church.
Signs of the Times: Even under Pope Francis, who is all about compassion and forgiveness, the literalists appear to be alive and well in the Vatican Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.
Book review: If the Catholic Church continues to ignore insights from Scripture, reason and experience in favor of tradition, Wijngaards argues, it perpetuates a cultural prejudice that has held back millions of women.
Commentary: Our understanding of mercy is impoverished. Our social inclination to the common good at rock bottom. Resurrecting the common good seems to me as urgent as any matter related to the upcoming election.
Book review: Drawing on theology, Scripture, philosophy and anthropology, in Let's Talk About Truth, Ann Garrido has some serious things to say about truth in the post-truth age.
Commentary: A well-intentioned voter could overlook Trump's limitations and still judge him to be the best candidate, all things considered. But such a choice may run counter to several deeply held Catholic views.
Distinctly Catholic: As Niebuhr outlines in these two answers to the problem of Christ and culture, the conversionists' more hopeful attitude toward culture is what distinguishes them from the dualists.
