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A Just Judge Regards Causes: What the Church Asks After Federal Agents Search Ilhan Omar’s Home
Federal agents searched Rep. Ilhan Omar’s home weeks before the election. What the Church teaches about judging the cause without regard to…
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Theirs to Replace: What the Church Asks When Washington Tells Ukraine to Change Its President
Trump says Ukraine should get a new president. What the Church teaches about who has the right to choose, and to replace,…
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The Field of Charity at Its Most Vast: What the Church Asks of Brazil’s Voters on the Feast of St. Francis
Brazil votes today in a bitter race between Lula and Flávio Bolsonaro. What the Church teaches about political charity in a divided…
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Through Peaceful Means: What the Church Asks of Serbia Before It Votes
Serbia’s president resigned Sunday to run for prime minister. What the Church teaches an election must do: let a people hold its…
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Take the Housing Back: What the Church Teaches About Who a Home Is For
Berlin voted to expropriate corporate landlords. The Church calls property an instrument of the universal destination of goods, and Leo XIII refused…
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Formally Proclaimed: What the Church Says When a Vote Is Held Under Occupation
Russia’s Duma vote reached occupied Ukraine. What Catholic social teaching says about a right to vote that is only formally proclaimed.
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Forty Names a Day: What the Church Says When the State Lies to Enforce the Law
A DHS whistleblower says officers made false attestations to search state voter rolls. Catholic teaching: a good end never makes a lie…
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Count Before You Claim: What the Church Says About Sweden’s Three-Seat Cliffhanger
Sweden’s three-seat cliffhanger shows why the Church calls a vote count an act of truth, and why patience is the first virtue…
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The Shareholder and the Citizen: What the Church Says About a $5,000 Promise Tied to an Election
Trump promised $5,000 to every adult citizen if Republicans win Congress. What Catholic social teaching says about public money and what a…
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Who Hands You the Ballot: Subsidiarity and a Postal Rule Seventy Days Out
A blocked federal mail-ballot rule, 70 days from the midterms, tested against subsidiarity: the task belongs to the smallest body able to…