After another divisive election, conciliation will be slow, difficult work, writes Bill McCormick, S.J. And some Catholic thinkers are wondering if the price for unity is too high.

Both as president and private citizen, Jimmy Carter has relied on God’s guidance. In an excerpt from his new biography, Jonathan Alter examines this constant in Carter’s life.

After the election, it has become clear that the United States has fractured along partisan lines. Here are six Catholic principles that the U.S. could benefit from right now.

Our task now, after we have defaced our neighbors’ political signs and posted undignified invectives online, is to figure out how to be more neighborly to one another.

Vatican-U.S. relations have grown increasingly strained in recent years, but the election of Joe Biden has prompted hopes for improved diplomatic ties.

This is a victory for the entire country, and the men and women who won office must now govern for the entire country.