The TPP doesn’t just put jobs at risk. It rewrites the rules of business for big corporations — just ask Pope Francis.
Pope Francis: Moving the Mountain or Taking Baby Steps?
Do the statements of Pope Francis represent institutional shifts or are they just window dressing?
Church and State in Poland
The Polish Catholic church spans the spectrum from socialism to restricting abortions.
Before Solidarity, There Was the Polish Church
The Catholic church was the main vehicle for dissent in Poland before the emergence of Solidarity.
The Audacity of Pope
Here are three ways Pope Francis could seriously rock the boat.
Pope Francis Has an Opportunity to Redeem Himself for His Sins of Omission During the Dirty War
Will redemption be Pope Francis’s?
Did the College of Cardinals Foresee the Dirty War Controversy?
If the College of Cardinals knew that Jorge Mario Bergoglio’s election as pope would cause an uproar, why did it elect him?
Is It Time for an African Pope?
Pope Benedict’s resignation has spurred discussion of a successor from the Global South. Catholicism has declined in increasingly secular Europe and America while it has risen in Africa, Asia, and South America. It would make sense to appoint a pope who represents a demographic that’s a growth area for the church.
Nuclear Deterrence: a Bridge Not Yet Crossed
As opposed to a long-term strategy, deterrence only makes sense as a bridge to disarmament.
Learning to Live with Pluralism
The resilience of religion in public life in the early 21st century has surprised many secular observers who once confidently assumed that the overall thrust of history was toward secularization. The world, they expected, would follow the trajectory of post-Enlightenment Europe, which experienced steep declines in church attendance and the development of a decidedly lay public sphere. Much of the world, however, stubbornly refuses to fit that narrative. This applies certainly to the Islamic world, but even to the United States, where church attendance is one of the strongest predictors of voting behavior. Rather than fit different societies into a one-size-fits-all secularization narrative, we have to pay attention to the particularities.