Michael Sean Winters rounds up political news and commentary: Grocery chain failure shorts workers; Arroyo names Viganò best person of 2018; Lin-Manuel Miranda returns to Puerto Rico.
Warsaw, Poland - Concern is growing over claims of an upsurge in nationalism and authoritarianism in Eastern Europe. Some fear current tensions could spur a new East-West rift.
Debate continues about whether the Vatican's provisional agreement with China will improve relations between the Chinese state and members of religious groups, which have had a long history of conflict.
Distinctly Catholic: Cardinal Timothy Dolan's recent, ill-advised op-ed in The Wall Street Journal does nothing to unite Catholics polarized by political divisions.
