Voices
Bill McCormick, S.J., is a contributing editor at America, chief mission officer at St. John’s College in Belize City, and a research fellow in the Department of Political Science at Saint Louis University in Missouri.
Politics & SocietyFeatures
U.S. Catholics hoping for a party based on Catholic social teaching might look to the example of Christian democrats in Europe.
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Central governments must be able to respond to crises, writes Bill McCormick, S.J., but President Trump’s claim of “total” authority is a reminder that democracies must also be able to maintain limits on power.
FaithFaith in Focus
Many admire Francis. But has his teaching affected them? The evidence is mixed.
Arts & CultureBooks
Seeing Pope Francis as spiritual director means seeing that the pope takes himself less seriously than do his critics and defenders.
FaithFaith and Reason
The recent writings of New York Times columnist Ross Douthat are calling political conservatives to a needed greater humility.
FaithFeatures
The former political advisor to Donald Trump shares the view of Pope Francis that Europe is spiritually sick, writes Bill McCormick. But Mr. Bannon’s divisive ideas have only the veneer of Christianity.
FaithShort Take
If we stop criticizing them and listen.
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Father Schall was often described as a contrarian, but he had his mind set on the "essential and ultimate" questions.
FaithInterviews
The engagement with intersectionality by moral theologians continues the historical process by which the tradition has always learned from ways of knowing outside of itself.
FaithDispatches
New calls for greater synodality—and the inclusion of many more voices than just bishops—may complicate the role of collegiality in church governance.