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Biden’s Response to Economic Precarity Will Shape the Future of the Democratic Party

Power and Wealth Matter, But So Does Human Flourishing

Love Opens Our Eyes to Beauty

A Church for the Broken
What is the Whole Life Movement? 
Does the Pro-life Cause Have the Wrong Allies?
Millennials, the Whole Life Approach, and the Democratic Party 
Why Notions of Attractiveness Poison Our Society
The Catholic Church’s Drinking Problem
Countering the Toxicity of Princess Culture
Keep It Real Revolution: Catholic Schools and Authentic, Secure Girls

Church Life
There's No Substitute for Prudence
Remedies for American Catholic Polarization
The Roots of American Catholic Polarization
The Politics of Gratitude
Syria, Human Dignity, and the Responsibility to Protect
What is a Man? Redefining Male Success 
Catholic Feminism
The Enduring Wisdom of Emmanuel Mounier
A New Progressive Era for the Second Gilded Age
Catholic Liberals and Conservatives and the Church's Personalist Communitarianism

National Catholic Reporter  

Time
Pope Francis the Chemist Should Give Congress a Science Lesson
The New Archbishop of Chicago Is a Radical—And That’s a Good Thing
Mending the Rift Between Obama and Catholics
Pope Francis’ Tweet About Inequality Is the Wake-Up Call We All Need
Why Pro-lifers Should Join Forces with Senator Kirsten Gillibrand 
Pope Francis’ One Big Mistake: Syria  

Crux
Why all Christians should oppose the ‘Alt-Right’ (w/ Daniel Petri) 
Putting people first starts with Francis’s ‘culture of encounter’
Say goodbye to the most Catholic presidential election ever
Now isn’t the time for the Church to abandon idea of ‘just war’
On the climate, Pope Francis wants less talk and more action
Pope Francis’ Christian vision of progress
Why are Catholics so critical of consumerism?
It's time for a preferential option for the family
Freedom misunderstood: Catholic Democrats and abortion
If you are pro-life, you can't be a libertarian
Subsidiarity: Turning solidarity into social justice

Washington Post
Who will Americans be after Tuesday? Here’s why our identity is at stake.  

Washington Post/On Faith
The Catholic Faith or Libertarianism: Pick One
Can Pope Francis help end the culture wars? 

Grotto Network 

Eureka Street 
Catholics and the future of American politics

Catholic News Service
How the church can welcome young families

Motherly
7 fictional characters that teach kids perseverance + determination
What the world doesn’t get about being a stay-at-home mom—or dad   

Our Sunday Visitor
Discussion focuses on healing a broken Church and nation
Teaching my daughter about racism
Who are the ‘Defenders of the Unborn’?
Lessons in ‘Reclaiming Hope’ 
Pro-life and climate marches show changing movements
Against 'autonomy' that denies human dignity

Commonweal
Hope Beyond the Headlines: How Millennials Are Responding to the Sex-Abuse Crisis 

US Catholic
Becoming children of the light

Ethika Politika 
The Consistent Life Movement’s Inconsistent Commitment to Life  

Real Clear Religion
The Pope's Responsibility to Protect  

The Hill
Do Democrats want pro-choice purity or to win elections? (w/ Kristen Day)

Busted Halo
Why Pro-lifers Should Love Pope Francis’ New Encyclical 

For Her
Whether a Marathon or Sprint to the Altar, a Good Marriage is Built by a Daily Commitment to Love 

The Tablet
Trump risks all on a throw of the dice  

Poems

Grotto Network
Stormy Winter Winds 
Too Many Experts
Perfect as you are
I never knew you