by Stephen Schneck, U.S. Catholic Loosely orbiting the journal First Things, since the late 1980s a handful of Catholic intellectuals have systematically promoted what they believed to be an inherent compatibility—if indeed not actual fusion—between American-style neoconservatism and Catholicism. Sometimes called theocons, the first generation of the movement included Father Richard Neuhaus, George Weigel, and … Continue reading POLITICS: The political crisis of “Conservative Catholicism”
REFLECTION: Francis, the peace pope
by Stephen Schneck War never again! Never again war! –@Pontifex With that tweet from earlier this week, Pope Francis has become the peace pope. The world needs to take notice. The pope’s leadership in world public opinion has been an inspiration for much of the opposition to President Barack Obama’s plans for military strikes against Syria’s … Continue reading REFLECTION: Francis, the peace pope