Michael Sean Winters is the author of Left At the Altar: How Democrats Lost The Catholics And How Catholics Can Save The Democrats (Basic Books, 2008). His biography of the Rev. Jerry Falwell, God's Right Hand: How Jerry Falwell Made God a Republican and Baptized the American Right was published by Harper One in January 2012 to critical acclaim. He is a Visiting Fellow at Catholic University's Institute for Policy Research and Catholic Studies.
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Pope Francis reminds us of our call to be missionary disciples
The pope's recent comment about missionaries as "divas on tour" garnered a lot of attention. But if we read his entire text, we find a profound message about evangelization and a special challenge to American sensibilities.
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Links for 7/19/18
Michael Sean Winters rounds up political news and commentary: Blaming America first; reactions to Helsinki remarks; Serve America PAC gaining ground; Frontline's documentary on Puerto Rico non-recovery is incisive; Elizabeth Bruenig is a must-read commentator
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Spadaro and Figueroa rile the Christian right again in new essay
With the publication of "The Prosperity Gospel: Dangerous and Different," the Jesuit priest and Prebysterian minister are happily stirring up trouble again, eschewing the false politeness that characterizes too much writing on the Catholic left.
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Links for 7/17/18
Michael Sean Winters rounds up political news and commentary: An odd America editorial; meeting parallel to the pope in Dublin; Democrats' and Republicans' misperceptions of each other.