bipartisanship

Bipartisanship is dead; can it be resurrected?

By Thomas Reese — February 20, 2024
(RNS) — Partisanship is baked into our political system because of gerrymandering, primaries and campaign financing.

How to be one church in divisive times

By Charles C. Camosy — November 29, 2022
(RNS) — Remember the great gift of the exhortation, 'Be the first to love.'

Catholic bishops got exactly what they wanted in congressional budget agreement

By Thomas Reese — March 11, 2022
(RNS) — The bishops once again showed their ability to stay independent of partisan agendas.

Responding to COVID-19 is a marathon, not a sprint

By Thomas Reese — April 28, 2020
(RNS) — The COVID-19 pandemic is a wakeup call for political, economic and spiritual conversion. Returning to ‘normal’ is not an option.

Four Catholic solutions to toxic politics

By Thomas Reese — January 9, 2020
(RNS) — As the largest church with an equal number of Republicans and Democrats, Catholics have a special obligation to try something before it is too late.

Will the Catholic Church self-destruct or bridge the partisan divide?

By Thomas Reese — July 31, 2019
(RNS) — American Catholics are almost evenly divided between Republicans and Democrats, which means the church can either self-destruct or bridge the partisan divide.

Why Christians should support a free press

By Daniel Darling — November 29, 2018
(RNS) — Faithful Christians will never give today’s headlines the same weight we do our Bibles, but we should appreciate the way a free press contributes to a healthy civil society.

Bishop McElroy decries extremism on religious freedom, calls for solidarity in American politics

By Thomas Reese — November 16, 2017
WASHINGTON (RNS) — Bishop Robert McElroy of San Diego criticized both extremes in the fight over religious freedom and called for public consensus based on solidarity to heal our nation in this hyper-partisan age.

Name radical Islamic ideology for what it is, but give reformers a chance (COMMENTARY)

By Dennis R. Hoover — January 30, 2015
(RNS) Here at last is bipartisanship -- on the question of Islam being part of the problem. But the critique is not being paired with serious acknowledgement, much less practical encouragement, of those working to make Islam part of the solution.
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