Anti-Semitism

Michael Sean Winters rounds up political news and commentary: "The pope is the pope"; send your compliments to Salt Lake City's bishop; a Third Reconstruction; Farrakhan's anti-Semitism; Catholic schools in peril.

Book review: Navigating between Germany's reckoning with Nazism and the reactionary grip of Southern myth, Learning From the Germans tells the stories of people facing a historical memory they want to change.

Distinctly Catholic: One of the most dangerous attributes of our culture is our penchant for selective memory, and that selectivity has been on full display in recent days.

Michael Sean Winters rounds up political news and commentary: Ethicists on the Soleimani assassination; bystanderism and the lessons of the Holocaust; taking down "political hobbyists"; rebuilding Notre Dame.

Across the country, priests and parishioners alike have been considering how disturbing current events like U.S.-Iran tensions or a string of anti-Semitic attacks should or shouldn't be addressed in homilies.

Based on actual events, "Kingfishers Catch Fire" centers on the soul-saving relationship between two World War II enemies. The popular play resonates amid the real-life rise of anti-Semitism.

We say: There's no rationale at all for inviting hate speech into our sanctuaries. Fr. Michael Pfleger went over the edge into ugly territory when he handed over St. Sabina's sanctuary to his longtime friend, Minister Louis Farrakhan, who unleashed — unchallenged — a hateful invective against Jews.

Michael Sean Winters rounds up political news and commentary: Appraising affirmative action; anti-Semitism on the left; Archbishop Chaput frets; Mayor Pete rises to stardom.