If we continue to limit our political engagement to casting a ballot and to bristling when our respective parties are criticized, we will perpetuate our inability to see each other beyond our political persuasion.

For the most part, these supposedly Catholic websites haven’t received the scrutiny they deserve. Targeted at Catholics, a swing vote, they serve up a potent mix of traditional piety and populist politics.
 

Hadar Cohen, Ala’ Khan, Maya Mansour and Jonathan Simcosky were chosen as fellows for an interfaith experiment known as the Abrahamic House. They come from different faiths...
 

The fact that many laypersons are performing diaconal ministry is reason enough to identify more people — male and female — who may have vocations to the order of deacon.

If we can’t find some sort of common ground, some shared values or goals, the chasm dividing our nation will continue to widen.
 

What will the new year bring in the life of the church in the United States? We never know what unforeseen events will enlighten or becloud all else. But [there are] a few major themes that will shape 2021.