Politics

By Carl R. Trueman, First Things - The Nashville Statement fails to address the root of our culture's disordered sexual practices: the psychological assumptions that underpin Western identity politics....

By Thomas D. Williams, Crisis Magazine - On August 21, the Vatican released Pope Francis’s 2018 message for the World Day of Migrants and Refugees… one particular expression stands out not only for its novelty, but indeed because of its apparent dissonance with earlier statements by the pontiff and with elements of Catholic teaching more broadly… the pope asserts that the principle of the centrality of the human person “obliges us to always prioritise personal safety over national security.”…

By David Harsanyi, The Federalist - “Do you consider yourself an orthodox Catholic?” Sen. Dick Durbin asked yesterday of Notre Dame Law School professor Amy Coney Barrett, a nominee to a federal appeals court... Since Durbin inquired in the form of a question, we can only assume that Barrett’s answer was pertinent to the confirmation. That is problematic, considering the Constitution explicitly states that no religion — not even a belief in orthodox liberalism — should be a prerequisite for holding a federal office.