Michael Sean Winters

Michael Sean Winters is the author of Left At the Altar: How Democrats Lost The Catholics And How Catholics Can Save The Democrats (Basic Books, 2008). His biography of the Rev. Jerry Falwell, God's Right Hand: How Jerry Falwell Made God a Republican and Baptized the American Right was published by Harper One in January 2012 to critical acclaim. 

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Cardinal McElroy's elevation has 'enormous significance' for US church

Links: Midterm ad spending; student loan forgiveness; Newt Gingrich's culpability

Rome consistory showed Pope Francis' vision is taking root

Religious liberty issue connects new cardinal with US Catholic history

Special Consistory Links: Take a tour of some of Rome's titular churches

Six months of war in Ukraine and the moral stakes are still high

Links: A conservative windfall; California farmworkers; Communion and Liberation meeting

The midterms look less dismal for the Democrats, but not by much

Applaud Cheney's courage, but not her candidacy

Links: Wyoming primary results; Trump's legal problems; religion and culture wars

Canada's euthanasia laws are frightening example of 'throwaway culture'

Links: GOP spin on IRS; Sinema's Wall Street loophole; suffering in Afghanistan

Conservative criticism of synodality suggests Pope Francis' process might be working

Mar-a-Lago search highlights Trump's Kafkaesque showdown with rule of law

Links: A pro-life Dem; St. Edith Stein; defunding the FBI

Napa Institute warns of cultural decline, even when they win

Links: Biden and abortion; Phoenix's new bishop; the Notre Dame Cathedral

What the church can learn from Kansas' vote to protect abortion rights

Links: Trump-backed candidates; solar panels and union labor; IRS definition of 'church'

Pope Francis is right. The Catholic Church can't go backwards.

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