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The 2020 presidential campaign is being reshaped by the COVID-19 pandemic, the economic crisis it created, and the national focus on racism in the aftermath of the killings of George Floyd and other African-Americans at the hands of law enforcement officers. These challenges are testing our faith…
In this Catholic News Service article, Initiative associate director Kim Daniels highlighted the 2018 National Leadership Convening on Overcoming Polarization Through Catholic Social Thought. "In these challenging times for our church and country," Daniels wrote, "it’s more important than ever to bring Catholic teachings to public life with humility and love, and to work for the common good together as a communion of faith."
This Dialogue, conducted at a Georgetown University Board of Regents meeting, featured panelists Mark Shields, weekly political analyst for PBS NewsHour and syndicated political columnist; Emma Green, staff writer on politics, policy, and religion at the Atlantic; Kim Daniels, associate director of the Initiative and member of the Vatican Secretariat for Communication; and John Carr, founder and director of the Initiative and chair of the board of Bread for the World. Frank Previti (C'69, R'79, Parent), member of the Board of Regents and leader in the Regents' Mission & Ministry committee, opened the Dialogue.
