Distinctly Catholic

Michael Sean Winters analyzes the worlds of religion and politics and the always fascinating estuary where the two collide.

History warns us: Crises like COVID-19 can give rise to great evil

by Michael Sean Winters

Apr 3, 2020

Distinctly Catholic: "You never want a serious crisis to go to waste." The spirit of this quote has been resurrected as our political leaders try and figure out how to respond to the COVID-19 crisis.

Links for 4/2/20

by Michael Sean Winters

Apr 2, 2020

A roundup of political commentary links: Logic of the scapegoat; don't deny science; we miss Msgr. Lorenzo Albacete; the White House has taken a Darwinian approach to federalism

A man in Laredo, Texas, stacks relief boxes at the South Texas Food Bank March 20 during the coronavirus outbreak. (CNS/Reuters/Veronica G. Cardenas)

Pandemic crisis reveals impoverished understanding of solidarity

by Michael Sean Winters

Apr 1, 2020

Distinctly Catholic: It will take more than COVID-19 to kill the ideologies of our day that distort our political landscape. But let's try slaying some of the ideological stupidities the crisis has brought into focus.

Links for 3/31/20

by Michael Sean Winters

Mar 31, 2020

Michael Sean Winters rounds up political news and commentary: Texas bishops call out one of their own; senators display ideological blinders; the Times becomes a caricature of itself; and more.

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History warns us: Crises like COVID-19 can give rise to great evil

Links for 4/2/20

Pandemic crisis reveals impoverished understanding of solidarity

Links for 3/31/20

Will Trump be the first president reelected during a full-blown recession?

Links for 3/27/20

'Give me liberty, or give me (grandma's) death!'

One small step for economic recovery, avoiding one giant leap toward Putinism

Links for 3/24/20

Time is now for Democrats, Joe Biden to shape this narrative

Competent coronavirus management matters, and it's political

Links for 3/19/20

Rightwing conspiracies swirling around coronavirus cost lives

Links for 3/17/20

Catholics have been intertwined with US politics for decades

Biden needs support of young people, Latinos to unite the Democrats

Links for 3/12/20

Progressive Catholics should vote for Bernie Sanders

Links for 3/10/20

Warren lost her ascendancy, but she did something wonderful for the Democrats

In our day, in the US, we are all Christ-of-culture accommodationists

Christ and culture in paradox, and Christ as transformer of culture

Synthesists are one of three 'church parties' for Niebuhr, with Christ above culture

Christ-of-culture thinking presents a too-tidy view of Christianity

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