Toward moral policymaking.
What about a Real, Joyful Commitment to Authenticity?
October 29, 2012 By Leave a Comment
My syndicated column this week is on fear of Hell, love of God, the New Evangelization, and even the presidential election. Consider reading and letting me know what you think here. Maybe even passing it on?
Did You Hear What Archbishop Chaput Had to Say About the Election?
October 23, 2012 By Leave a Comment
My Favorite Description of Paul Ryan
September 1, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Cardinal Dolan on Paul Ryan & Thomas Aquinas and other Friends
August 17, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Cardinal Dolan has a weekly radio show on the Catholic Channel on Sirius. Yesterday he took the show as an opportunity to talk about what he thinks of Paul Ryan. I write about what he said here. He also had a lovely interview with Dean Koontz, thoughts about the Assumption, and, in response to a [...]
How Shall a Catholic Vote?
August 16, 2012 By 16 Comments
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Paul Ryan’s bishop, Robert C. Morlino, writes that he is “proud” of Paul Ryan, who “is aware of Catholic Social Teaching and is very careful to fashion and form his conclusions in accord with [its] principles.” He quickly adds, however: It is the role of bishops and priests to teach principles of our faith, such that [...]
Romney-Ryan & Beltway Redemption
August 11, 2012 By 12 Comments
I’m enthusiastic about the opportunities Mitt Romney’s choice of Paul Ryan as his running mate affords Catholics in a particular way. Congressman Ryan represents a new generation of leadership with a renewed sense of identification — recatechizing itself and educating, asking fundamental questions about what it means to be Catholic and what that means for [...]
Freedom, Justice, and the Space for Flourishing
July 17, 2012 By 1 Comment
Paul Ryan continues an important conversation: Government helps create the space for innovation and prosperity, but government does not fill that space – and it should not try to, as the last few years have shown us. Only free citizens create things that improve our lives. A free economy and strong communities are the best [...]
Paul Ryan and the Hour of the Laity
May 11, 2012 By 12 Comments
As you know, Paul Ryan has been subject to the criticisms of a minority of Catholic bishops, questioning his commitment to Catholic social teaching in regard to budget policy-making. (George Weigel has addressed this here.) On EWTN’s The World Over last night, Raymond Arroyo asked Congressman Ryan’s bishop about his budget. Bishop Robert Morlino of [...]
A Dangerous New Day
May 7, 2012 By 4 Comments
In his Wall Street Journal column last week, on Paul Ryan’s battle with critics of his budget plan on moral principles, Bill McGurn quotes Dorothy Day: “We believe that Social Security legislation, now billed as a great victory for the poor and for the worker, is a great defeat for Christianity. It is an acceptance [...]
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