Michael Sean Winters

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. 

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US bishops' meeting is a big snooze

The US bishops' elections were a mixed bag for 'Team Francis'

Strickland's removal hangs over the US bishops' fall meeting, as it should

Bishops' small groups can help overcome polarization

The ugly, divisive, morally obtuse politics of abortion

Pope Francis' approach to theology continues reception of Vatican II

Don't overinterpret special elections tomorrow

Speaker Mike Johnson's biblical worldview is a bit crimped

The synod meeting in Rome is done. What now?

Synod is a milestone in the reception of Vatican II

Civil libertarianism is wrong but helpful

At the synod, a new kind of conversation is evolving

Biography delves into life of famed church historian John Tracy Ellis

USCCB candidates' slate shows a divided conference

Communion and the synod: Starting at the beginning

Letting the synod do its job, and letting us journalists do ours

Halloween comes early to Washington as GOP selects a new speaker

Pope Francis' responses to the 'dubia' cardinals were brilliantly done

'We are mendicants after the truth': Reflecting on Fr. Radcliffe's retreat texts

Ringling Bros. has nothing on GOP-led circus in Congress

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