faith and politics
FDR’s faith
John Woolverton addresses a gap in Roosevelt scholarship with elegance and insight.
by Grant Wacker
Óscar Romero’s political theology
Does sainthood risk blunting Romero’s witness? Michael Lee offers a timely inoculation.
Crisis and opportunity in the American Catholic Church
Massimo Faggioli is the most articulate interpreter of U.S. Catholicism today.
by Jon Sweeney
The gap between moral norms and public policy
Not all of Francis's critics sound like a McCarthyite version of Foghorn Leghorn. But this refrain is common: the pope is beyond his competence in matters of science and public policy, at least where the environment is concerned.