Hello friends! My latest article has been published today in Crisis Magazine. In it, I argue why the Church really is “political” despite protestations to the contrary. Check it out:
Politics is intrinsically moral, so it will always have something to do with religion. This ought to be obvious; but for many, it escapes them routinely. This does not mean that faith can be reduced to power conflicts or that political loyalties are a replacement for theology. What it means is you cannot avoid taking stances at certain times and places that are going to benefit one side in a conflict over another. To think otherwise is naïve, for neither in Church nor in State can we ever truly dispense with questions of power.
As they say, read the whole thing. Cheers!
