Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life

On March 26, 2018, people gathered at the Holy Trinity Catholic Church to attend "Faith and the Faithful in U.S. Politics," a Public Dialogue discussing the intersectionality of religious identity and political leniency in the current political climate. Among the featured panelists were E.J. Dionne, a columnist for the Washington Post and professor at the McCourt School of Public Policy, Joshua DuBois, a CNN contributor, Jocelyn Kiley, associate director of research at Pew Research Center, and Peter Wehner, a senior fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center. This discussion was moderated by John Carr, the director of the Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life, guided by the question, “What should we know about the role of the faithful in the politics of today?”

On Monday, March 26, in an auditorium packed to the brim with hundreds of attendees at Holy Trinity Catholic Church, the Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life brought together a series of thought leaders for a discussion centered around faith and the faithful in American politics. Amidst a time of deep political divisions, the roundtable invited leaders from across the political spectrum for an engaging conversation around how faith intersects with American political life, and what role religion can play in charting a path forward to overcome the present divisions of our nation.