Great literature is, almost inevitably, a political affair. It could hardly be otherwise. Poetry, as Aristotle recognized long ago, plays with the universals of human experience — and man is a political animal. Thus the […]
People have been talking about integralism recently. What is it, and what should we know about it? In a short discussion I can only give my own interpretation, but will start with a definition by […]
There’s a scene in Brian De Palma’s 1987 classic, The Untouchables, starring Kevin Costner as Elliot Ness, with Sean Connery as Chicago police Sgt. James Malone, which has been on my mind of late. Malone […]
Pope Francis meets with members of Chemin Neuf Politics Fraternity at the Vatican’s Clementine Hall, May 16, 2022. / Vatican Media.
Vatican City, May 16, 2022 / 08:20 am (CNA).
Pope Francis on Monday urged young Christians engaged in politics t… […]
For years, the two leaders of the Russian Orthodox Church with whom Pope Francis met by videoconference on March 16 — Kirill, Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus’, and Metropolitan Hilarion, the Church’s chief ecumenical […]
Pope Francis meets with the Centesimus Annus Pro Pontifice Foundation at the Vatican on Oct. 23, 2021. / Vatican Media
Vatican City, Oct 23, 2021 / 10:30 am (CNA).
Denunciation is not enough when it comes to issues of injustice, the pope said th… […]
In 1965, the Church finally made peace with modern politics through Dignitatis Humanae, the Second Vatican Council’s statement on religious freedom. The meaning of religious freedom and the nature of Catholic politics within a pluralist […]
Pope Francis meets with members of Leaders Pour la Paix at the Vatican on Sept. 4, 2021. / Vatican News/CNA
Vatican City, Sep 4, 2021 / 07:05 am (CNA).
Pope Francis said Saturday that politics needs a renewal after the pandemic through the promo… […]
A basketball court serves as a polling place for voters during the 2018 Mexican general election, in Hermosillo, Sonora. Credit: Harry Thomas Flower/Shutterstock.
Xalapa, Mexico, May 24, 2021 / 15:01 pm (CNA).
The Archdiocese of Xalapa offered o… […]
Should Catholic politicians who publicly support abortion be denied Holy Communion? Various Church leaders have weighed in on the topic, both for and against. Bishop Robert McElroy recently continued the debate with an article that […]
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