In 2012, I asked readers of my now defunct Patheos column if they would vote for a man who: …gives praise and honor to God before a public audience? …wants to seek God’s face with other believers? …admits that prayer...
John Gehring
Has Cardinal Timothy Dolan Compromised His Moral Clarity?
John Gehring, the Catholic Program Director for Faith in Public Life, thinks so. Here is a taste of his piece at the New York Daily News: Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York and other prominent Catholic bishops should ask themselves whether...
Bernie Sanders Seems to Reject the Very Idea of a Pro-Life Democrat
John Gehring, the Catholic Director of Faith in Public Life, recently shared this video on his Twitter feed: [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-QgmvSx1Cs&w=560&h=315] And then Gehring tweeted: Consider how Barack Obama would have answered this question differently. And don’t forget that the Affordable Care...
Is Trump Pro-Life?
John Gehring is Catholic program director at Faith in Public Life Action and the author of The Francis Effect: A Radical Pope’s Challenge to the American Catholic Church. Here is a taste of his Religion News Service piece “Trump Woos Catholics...
Pope Francis Reminds Christians What it Means to be Pro-Life
As many of you know, Pope Francis has changed the official teaching of the Catholic Church on capital punishment. The Church now opposes capital punishment in all cases. John Gehring of Faith in Public Life reflects on this change in...