John Carr

Amid polarization, nation urged to reclaim civility through dialogue
- Catholic News Service, Church in the US
- July 13, 2017
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.
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John Carr: Pope critics too often ‘stuck in their own heads’
- Church in the US
- July 4, 2017
This week in Orlando, more than 3,000 bishops, clergy, and laity are coming together to ponder the future of the American church. The man who originally had the idea for the get-together says that if Catholics could “get their act together” and truly the embrace the full breadth of the Church’s social teaching, “we could be dangerous.”
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Panel to Trump: To ‘make America great again’ remember the poor
- Church in the US
- January 15, 2017
During a panel at Georgetown University, John Carr, Sister Simone Campbell and Rep. Francis Rooney reflected on “the faithful priorities” in a time of president-elect Donald Trump. “We the people of the United States, all of us, can solve problems if we work together,” Campbell said.
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Georgetown panel comes to grips with Trump triumph
- Church in the US, Commentary
- November 11, 2016
What lies behind the most shocking election in a generation? The causes and consequences of Tuesday’s seismic ballot were picked over by two journalists and two columnists at a Georgetown University gathering two days later. Some of the lessons are very uncomfortable.
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