During the Catholic Youth Climate Summit Feb. 25 in Chicago, Cardinal Blase Cupich told about 100 high schoolers that young people hold a credibility that older generations lack due to how they have treated the planet.
Michael Sean Winters: Politico offers roundup of responses to Roe v. Wade being overturned; Cardinal Gerhard Müller should be advised against giving interviews to LifeSiteNews; is Gov. Ron DeSantis the future of the GOP?
Michael Sean Winters rounds up political news and commentary: Political columnist Mark Shields dies; billionaire Peter Thiel is no contrarian; the cost of not having universal health insurance; free speech challenges.
A group of about 70 cardinals, bishops and theologians gathered privately for two days in Chicago for conversations focused on how the U.S. Catholic Church can better support the agenda of Pope Francis.
Michael Sean Winters rounds up political news and commentary: A stunning catechesis on old age; the economy of gifts; women's NCAA March Madness gains prominence; perspectives on the ecclesial conference in Chicago.
Church leaders and theologians praise Pope Francis' apostolic constitution as a breakthrough for expanding the roles of laypeople, even while it remains unclear how the shift in church governance will take place.
Michael Sean Winters: EWTN's Arroyo and his "papal posse" should be careful what they wish for; the results from Texas' primary are shocking; The New York Times' free speech editorial relied on a conception of freedom from.
Perspective: We don't always hear about Catholic bishops drawing us to the active nonviolence of Jesus. Yet, a pattern is emerging, especially with Santa Fe Archbishop John Wester's recent pastoral letter urging nuclear disarmament.
Michael Sean Winters: Regrettably, more in sadness than in anger and with a heavy heart, it is time for another installment of Catholics Behaving Badly.
