While Donald Trump’s executive orders claim to defend civil rights through “colorblind” neutrality, his rhetoric exposes what this supposed neutrality protects: not equality, but an unjust racial status quo.
Catholic Social Teaching
Posted inLast Take
Catholic Charities president: How service can become a habit
The government shutdown led to increased awareness about the unacceptable level of hunger in America. That awareness has led to action.
Posted inShort Take
In Zohran Mamdani’s New York City, expect Catholic social teaching in action
Zohran Mamdani’s platform shares far less with state socialism than with a foundational text of Catholic social teaching: “Rerum Novarum.”
Posted inShort Take
Looking for God in A.I. chatbots
“Finding God in all things” usually doesn’t need the disclaimer that all things are not God, but it might be a helpful reminder for someone pouring their soul into an A.I. chatbot.
Posted inYour Take
Your take: Pope Leo XIV continues Pope Francis’ focus on the marginalized
On Oct. 9, Pope Leo XIV released his first apostolic exhortation, “Dilexi Te.” . Our readers had much to say in response.
Posted inShort Take
The gig economy and the dignity of work: A Catholic response to a new labor crisis
Human dignity demands just wages, reasonable hours and the right to organize—precisely what the gig economy is designed to circumvent.
Posted inDispatches
Pope Leo ice blessing sets off social media meltdown
Holy water is a pretty regular feature at Catholic churches, so why were some commentators on social media in an uproar over Pope Leo’s blessing of ice removed from a Greenland glacier?
Posted inPodcasts
Roundtable: Pope Francis began ‘Dilexi Te.’ Pope Leo completed it.
A roundtable discussion on Pope Leo’s first major teaching document, “Dilexi Te,” its continuity with Pope Francis and the challenges and encouragement that it offers Christians.
Posted inShort Take
Bring back the Catholic city
Consider the piazza, which could be called a quintessentially Catholic urban feature. It welcomes all, regardless of economic purpose.
Posted inThe Weekly Dispatch
Pope Leo, Elon Musk and the impact of extreme wealth
Pope Leo XIV got into a wee spat with the $434 billion man, Elon Musk, this week, to the extent that Mr. Musk was forced to resort to Scripture.