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
Democrats are decrying a war on women and conservatives are predicting a war on Christians.
Washington Front
Will Republicans pay a price with their Catholic allies for failure to act?
Washington Front
Special interests with unlimited political money are more effective at stopping things than advancing them.
Washington Front
If you watch television, Washington is not only dysfunctional, but also depraved.
Washington Front
Today President Obama and Pope Francis met for the first time. John Carr discusses what the two leaders could learn from each other.
Washington Front
Leaders responding to the pope’s indictment of an “economy of exclusion and inequality.”
In All Things
At a recent dialogue sponsored by the Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life at Georgetown University Cardinal Theodore McCarrick led off with a remarkable summary of the how Pope Francis treats the poor and poverty in quot The Joy of the Gospel quot Cardinal McCarrick analyzes th
Washington Front
A Washington read of the political challenges in “The Joy of the Gospel.”
Washington Front
If cynicism is the sin of our age, then paralysis in Washington is a temptation to despair.
In All Things
From John Carr at 'In All Things': Sargent Shriver was 'a good man' and a great model for the rest of us.