What if there are not one but two chasms that divide Americans today?
Greg Erlandson: The squeakiest wheels and the rest of us
Bridge over troubled waters: Papal trip tests limits of being a ‘pontifex’
The pope’s Sept. 12-15 visit to Slovakia and Budapest, while seemingly low-key, waded into issues that have divided the world and the Catholic Church.
USCCB launches initiative to address polarization in U.S. society
A USCCB initiative called “Civilize It: A Better Kind of Politics,” is designed to move forward the kind of conversations that people need to be having to overcome divisions.
Greg Erlandson: A new day and an offer to engage
“Let’s accomplish what we can and fight for what we must.”
A plea to my fellow Catholics
“It’s time for our faith to drive our politics, instead of the other way around.”
Greg Erlandson: Where we go from here
“Right now, we can’t fix everything that is broken in this country. But we Catholics can show a way forward.”
Father Ron Rolheiser: Our deep failure in charity
St. Eugene de Mazenod left us with these last words as he lay dying: “Among yourselves, charity, charity, charity.” I don’t always live that, though I wish I could, especially today.
Listen, respond to modern world, Vatican panel tells Catholic media
When Vatican communication leaders met virtually with U.S. and Canadian Catholic journalists and communication leaders June 30, they urged the group to keep up their work, think of new ways to have a broader reach and not get weighed down by society’s current polarization.