In 1776, we declared ourselves free of allegiance to Great Britain. We did not leave behind the human race with its capacity for sin as well as greatness, generosity as well as moral blindness.
Pope Leo XIV is his own man, comfortable in his own skin, and he draws easily from the models of his predecessors even while imprinting his own style, writes NCR columnist Michael Sean Winters.
"Even if the Democrats hit a home run on economics, they also need to step back from the cultural extremism they have embraced in recent years," writes NCR's Michael Sean Winters.
U.S. bishops are gathering in Orlando for their annual spring meeting. The agenda has interesting items on it, but a major point of interest will be three speeches at the meeting, writes Michael Sean Winters.
We are all still digesting Pope Leo XIV's first encyclical Magnifica Humanitas and wondering what difference it will make. What are the next steps in implementing the vision of Catholic social doctrine?
The brainchild of WOC Executive Director Kate McElwee, the "Not if, But How — Reforming Institutions" panel gathered two sociologists and a political scientist to explore concrete strategies for changing institutions.
Social and technological changes point to the need for a new social contract. If the Democrats would turn to the pope for inspiration, they'd shed their image as cultural libertarians with a preference for big government.
Pope Leo XIV's first encyclical points to our anthropological vocation grounded in the revelation of Jesus Christ, our ability to collaborate with our creator God and our capacity for belief in that which we cannot see.
