Voices
John Carr is the founder of the Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life at Georgetown University. He served for more than two decades as the director of the Department of Justice, Peace and Human Development at the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.
Washington Front
What is missing from this campaign is serious discussion of work, workers and people without work.
Washington Front
Where is the focus on poverty, work and workers in the campaign?
Washington Front
Three years after Paul Ryan and Joseph R. Biden debated as vice presidential candidates, Washington is anxiously waiting for them to make anguishing choices about their futures—whether Mr. Ryan will answer his fractured party’s pleas to serve as speaker and whether Mr. Biden has the emot
In All Things
Francis demonstrates how to share Catholic moral principles in ways that invite and persuade rather than alienate and push people away.
Washington Front
I have been searching in vain for an earlier column of mine in which I predicted that Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders would surge, Hillary Clinton and Jeb Bush would be in trouble and Ben Carson would show unexpected strength in the race for the White House.The way faith is playing out in the campai
Dispatches
I believe both faith and politics are better served by the honesty and anguish of Joe Biden than by the cynicism and glibness of Donald Trump.
Washington Front
If Congress wants to truly welcome Francis, they should follow his example.
Dispatches
Perhaps you've heard, Pope Francis is coming to Washington.
Washington Front
For just a few days, Washington’s obsession with the “middle class” was broken.
Dispatches
For just a few days, Washington’s obsession with the “middle class” was broken.