Category: John Carr

Colleagues present and past pay tribute to Father Drew Christiansen

by bcadmin | Apr 9, 2022 | America Magazine, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Ecumenism, Father James Martin, Father Thomas Reese, Jesuits, John Carr, News | 0 |

Present and past colleagues of Jesuit Father Drew Christiansen paid tribute to the Middle East and foreign policy scholar and former magazine editor who died April 6.

Panelists say solidarity, synodality can heal divisions in U.S. Church

by bcadmin | Mar 2, 2022 | Church in the US, clergy sex abuse, encounter, Georgetown University, John Carr, lead, News, Pope Francis, Sister Norma Pimentel, Synod | 0 |

At a time when divisiveness has run rampant in the Church and broader society, Kim Daniels suggests a way to overcome it is stepping back from “large forces” like media and politics and living out the Catholic faith through service in everyday life.

Panel: 2022 ‘faithful agenda’ means not giving up after setbacks

by bcadmin | Feb 5, 2022 | Catholic News Service, Church in the US, COVID-19 vaccine, faith and politics, faith and religion, Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life, John Carr, News, Politics, Public policy, Reverend Franklin Graham, Southern Baptists | 0 |

People of faith looking to see their values reflected in their politics cannot give up in the face of legislative setbacks, said members of a Feb. 1 panel, “Faith, Politics and Policy in 2022: What Is a Faithful Agenda Now?”

Tom Quigley, longtime foreign policy adviser to U.S. bishops, dies at 91

by bcadmin | Dec 15, 2021 | Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development, John Carr, News, Obituary, USCCB | 0 |

Thomas J. Quigley, who worked for 45 years in service to the U.S. bishops, mostly in the realm of foreign policy, died Dec. 11 at age 91. He was in hospice care in Arlington, Virginia.

Lessons learned from Northern Ireland can help U.S. today, expert says

by bcadmin | Nov 4, 2021 | Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in UK and Ireland, John Carr, News, Northern Ireland | 0 |

Former USCCB official John Carr was one of several panelists at a virtual seminar, “Religious Peacebuilding Amid Political Polarization: A U.S.-Northern Ireland Dialogue.”

U.S. bishops need to ‘listen to the people’ on Eucharist document, panel says

by bcadmin | Jul 29, 2021 | Abortion, Archbishop Jose Gomez, Bishop Kevin Rhoades, Cardinal Joseph Tobin, Church in the US, Eucharist, Initiative on Catholic Social Life and Public Thought, John Carr, lead, News, President Joe Biden, USCCB | 0 |

After advocating for different outcomes on the vote to draft a teaching document on the Eucharist at last month’s spring assembly, Bishop Kevin Rhoades and Cardinal Joseph Tobin emphasized Tuesday the importance of dialogue with the whole American Church, not just the episcopacy, in formulating the document.

In polarized presidential election, it’s better ‘to engage than demonize’

by bcadmin | Oct 21, 2020 | 2020 election, Catholic politicians, Catholics and politics, Church in the US, Donald Trump, faith and politics, Georgetown University, Initiative for Catholic Social Thought and Public Life, Joe Biden, John Carr, lead, News, presidential elections | 0 |

The fact is: The Catholic vote is not a monolith. This was the core of an online discussion organized by Georgetown University Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public life.

DC archbishop doubles down on criticism of Trump shrine visit

by bcadmin | Jun 6, 2020 | Archbishop Wilton Gregory, Cardinal Peter Turkson, Church in the US, Georgetown University, Gloria Purvis, Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life, John Carr, lead, Marcia Chatelain, News, Ralph McCloud | 0 |

A Georgetown University online conversation discussed the ongoing national protests over the continued killings of unarmed black individuals by the police in recent weeks.