Politics Archives

After stroke, theologian explores ‘goods’ of society

Interviews
Sep 16, 2019

John Perry is a Senior Lecturer in Theological Ethics at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland and directs the Initiative in Science-Engaged Theology. Recently, he survived a stroke. He spoke to Crux about his work, and how his stroke affects his work.

Big winner in Italy’s meltdown may be center-left devotee of Padre Pio

News Analysis
Aug 30, 2019

The unlikely big winner in Italy’s political chaos seems Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, a previously obscure law professor and a strong devotee of Padre Pio who comes out of the center-left circles around the late Italian Cardinal Achille Silvestrini.

Case of papal aide captures risks of ‘weaponizing’ sex abuse charges

News Analysis
Aug 25, 2019

What one might call the “weaponization” of clerical sexual abuse charges as part of the wars of culture in Catholicism is nothing new. Decisions to lodge such charges or to make them public, as well as whether people are inclined to believe or reject them, often are tied up with politics, try as reasonable souls might to remain objective.

Rosary emerges as political football in Italy’s latest meltdown

News Analysis
Aug 20, 2019

As he resigned, Italian Prime Minister told populist firebrand Matteo Salvini, “Someone with responsibility for government should avoid juxtaposing political slogans with religious symbols during their rallies.”

In Pope’s backyard, Church struggles with increasingly polarized politics

Crux in Argentina
Jul 18, 2019

According to Bishop Daniel Fernandez from Jujuy, in Argentina’s remote northwest, national polarization, dubbed here as a “crack,” is something that deeply worries the pope.

New D.C. leader says of facing abuse crisis again: ‘I’m not afraid’

Interviews
May 17, 2019

Archbishop Wilton Gregory, who’ll be installed as the seventh Archbishop of Washington on May 21, says Washington’s experience of the recent wave of clerical sexual abuse scandals is “unique in the United States.”