Three U.S. cardinals who met with Pope Francis aren't saying what was on the agenda. A likely topic, writes NCR's Michael Sean Winters, is the need to fill the many vacancies in U.S. metropolitan archdioceses.
As Pope Francis likes to say, reality is more important than ideas, so examining legitimate diversity among the churches will require a discussion of controversies that divide local churches.
Vice President Kamala Harris understands, and is getting better at communicating, the core Catholic teaching about economics: The economy is made for man, not man for the economy.
Hannah Arendt's work makes clear the dangerous shortcomings of the approach favored by the U.S. Catholic bishops' conference in their quadrennial document on elections, "Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship."
How do you respect the bounds of normalcy and decency when your opponent not only fails to recognize such boundaries, but has actually made his ability to blow through such boundaries part of his essential schtick?
A report from the group More in Common aims to debunk myths about religion and division in U.S. society. For Catholics, the study shows we have a lot of work to do in helping our people understand what we believe.
The outrageousness of Donald Trump's comments about Springfield, Ohio, did not prevent a refocusing of his supporters' attention on the issue of migration, writes NCR columnist Michael Sean Winters.
