Distinctly Catholic

Something like a pandemic

Jun 5, 2020

Distinctly Catholic: Some problems seem so intractable, it is hard to imagine a remedy. The human heart, with its knack for both faith and idolatry, so prone to receive grace and to commit sin, will never be fully cured this side of the abyss.

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by Michael Sean Winters

Jun 4, 2020

A twice-weekly roundup of political news and commentary: Rebuilding an economy that is just; two sides of the "it's a sure thing" coin on Trump's reelection; where will the Republican National Convention be; opera houses of beauty

Archbishop Wilton Gregory: 1; Trump and Knights of Columbus: 0

by Michael Sean Winters

Jun 2, 2020

Distinctly Catholic: President Donald Trump went to the St. John Paul II National Shrine Tuesday for an international religious liberty event, the day after police used tear gas to disperse peaceful protesters from around St. John's Episcopal Church, so that Trump could hold a photo op.

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by Michael Sean Winters

Jun 2, 2020

Michael Sean Winters rounds up political news and commentary: Religious communities and climate change; Catholic statements about the killing of George Floyd; Trump the bully shrinks back; delaying aid to states.

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Something like a pandemic

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Archbishop Wilton Gregory: 1; Trump and Knights of Columbus: 0

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The Trump and Barr un-reality Twitter show

In defying shutdown, Minnesota bishops surrender to the culture warriors

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The Catholic 'votes' will still pick the next president

The Catholic vote decides who wins, even if it doesn't exist

Has the conservative Catholic project exhausted itself?

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The choice behind the veep choice: demographics or ideas?

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Why this year's presidential campaign may already be over

The ministerial exception is still the least bad option

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V-E Day and Trump: What he refuses to learn explains his failure to lead

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Sectarianism is at the heart of Dolan-Trump imbroglio

Should bishops refrain from criticizing each other in public?

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Bishops' call with Trump raises ethical, legal issues

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Armed mobs: the grim apotheosis of libertarianism

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