Catholics and politics Archives

Kenyan bishops urge calm as opposition rejects early results
- Catholic News Service, Global Church
- August 10, 2017
As votes were counted this year in Kenya, foreign observers described the election as credible. The Multi-Sectoral Forum, a group of religious leaders that has advocated for peaceful elections, called on Kenyans “to remain calm and peaceful (and) resume day-to-day operations, appreciating that elections are important, but must not be the end of life.”
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A Latino/a take: Vatican’s ‘ecumenism of hate’ essay is onto something
- Commentary
- August 7, 2017
Theologian and former U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See, Miguel H. Diaz, contends that the central theological insights and socio-political implications for American society voiced by Jesuit Father Antonio Spadaro and Reverend Marcelo Figueroa in a controversial article on U.S. politics in a Vatican-affiliated publication find a home within the hearts of Latinos/as and other “underrepresented” communities in the United States.
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Evangelicals are potential allies for the good, not partners in hate
- Commentary
- July 17, 2017
Trumpism, so to speak, which is a lot more complicated than most analysis allows for, had made it ever-easier to lump all elements of more-right-of-center American activism together. It’s important to remember that many Catholics and Evangelicals are forming coalitions in an attempt to discern God’s call to each one of us about the common good, on the front lines.
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Jesuit journal close to pope says “Manichean vision” behind Trump

July 13, 2017

An article in the influential Rome-based Jesuit publication ‘La Civiltà Cattolica’ argues “a strange form of surprising ecumenism is developing between Evangelical fundamentalists and Catholic Integralists brought together by the same desire for religious influence in the political sphere” in the United States.

Amid polarization, nation urged to reclaim civility through dialogue

Though disagreement may be inevitable, one can disagree without belittling the other. That seems to be getting more and more difficult in the U.S. A group of Catholic leaders have given their advice on how to act Christian in a polarized nation.