Michael Sean Winters: Pennsylvania bishops should teach their flock that Catholic theology does not traffic in the often hateful, sometimes lunatic, ideas that Doug Mastriano claims are part of his divinely inspired platform.
Distinctly Catholic: Even if former Vice President Joe Biden wins, the result is frightening. Half the country was only too willing to let lower angels run amok in their minds and hearts.
Commentary: We can always go to another Special Olympics, we heard as we waited on the plane. Biden replied, "I gave my word that I'm going. Let's wait to see if the weather breaks. And let's get some work done while we wait."
Distinctly Catholic: President Donald Trump went to the St. John Paul II National Shrine Tuesday for an international religious liberty event, the day after police used tear gas to disperse peaceful protesters from around St. John's Episcopal Church, so that Trump could hold a photo op.
Roundtable: As the pandemic passes, the surge of goodwill for a better world may slow to a halt. But if enough of us submit to a greater, spiritual calling, a thorough transformation could be at hand.
Now is the time to remember "the core principles we used to know and live by and that we now seem to have forgotten," according to retired Marine Gen. James Mattis.
Distinctly Catholic: As we prepare to celebrate the nation's birthday, the idea of America is being contested on terrain we thought was in our past, with the resurgence of a racially tinged understanding of the American nation.
Michael Sean Winters rounds up political news and commentary: Accountable Capitalism Act; unions organizing for the common good; rich folks' legal and illegal ways to game the system.
