Initiative for Catholic Social Thought and Public Life

Answer for a divided nation isn’t a divided church, panel says
- Jan 16, 2021
10 days removed from an attempted siege of the Capitol building, as tensions continue to run high across the country, Rev. Eugene Cho makes it clear: “the answer to a divided nation is not a divided church and that’s what we’re seeing.”

By John Lavenburg
Catholic leaders decry Trump’s 11th-hour spate of federal executions
- Jan 9, 2021
To Sister Helen Prejean, the first stand a Catholic takes against the death penalty in the United States doesn’t need to be grand. In fact, she believes all it takes is a desire, and a pen, to start on the path towards change.

By John Lavenburg
Panel: Amid election angst, Christians can vote, log off, and be quiet
- Nov 1, 2020
If there’s one thing that Republican and Democrats in the 2020 election share, it’s angst.

This year’s election, amid a pandemic, amid economic instability and distrust of institutions, has done little to bring out the best in the country’s political animals.

By Rhina Guidos

In polarized presidential election, it’s better ‘to engage than demonize’
- Oct 21, 2020
The fact is: The Catholic vote is not a monolith. This was the core of an online discussion organized by Georgetown University Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public life.

By Inés San Martín
Panel looks at role racism, religion, COVID-19 will play in elections
- Jul 19, 2020
The combination of concern over government response to COVID-19 and the economic collapse brought about by the pandemic with the national reckoning over racism following the death of George Floyd in police custody in Minneapolis has found Catholics sharing in a public mood that has decidedly soured on politics, according to a panel of speakers.

By Kurt Jensen
Vatican official at Georgetown conference: ‘Pandemics do not have to break us up’
- May 13, 2020
A Georgetown University panel examined the global dimensions of the pandemic and the need for social solidarity.

By Christopher White