Ethics and Public Policy Center

The Herald is the newest player in a web of connections between conservative Catholic media and wealthy donors, right-wing activists, high-ranking clergy and libertarian political players.

Distinctly Catholic: You could have a field day comparing what George Weigel wrote about national bishops' conferences during John Paul II's pontificate to what he writes now.  

Michael Sean Winters rounds up political news and commentary: Troubling pieces about Kavanaugh; Poll reveals voting complacency; Puerto Rico is still rebuilding; alarming study on global warming

A pair of open letters to Pope Francis asking him for answers to charges of cover-ups by him and others over abuse allegations against retired Archbishop Theodore McCarrick of Washington were sponsored by the Catholic Women's Forum, a project of the Ethics and Public Policy Center, a Washington-based think tank.

At a conference sponsored by the Catholic Women's Forum and the Notre Dame Center for Ethics and Culture, panelists offered their "second thoughts" on the consequences of the sexual revolution.

Distinctly Catholic: How religion affects politics is unlikely to change much in 2018, but the capacity of religious organizations to resist the influence of politics is more promising, at least for Catholics.