Michael Sean Winters
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Michael Sean Winters writes for the National Catholic Reporter and The Tablet.
Washington, D.C.
Joined July 2013
The mystery of evil showed its face in Minneapolis. At the end of the day, there are no rational explanations for such depraved acts as killing children.
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The mysterium iniquitatis, the mystery of evil, revealed itself Wednesday morning in a leafy Minneapolis neighborhood, not just lawlessness, but evil, writes NCR columnist Michael Sean Winters.
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NCR published two unbalanced editorials on Gaza this summer. Here is my reply.
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It is shocking that so many people express deep concern about suffering in Gaza but do not apportion any responsibility for that suffering to Hamas. At the same time, Israel should not stand aside...
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People will rush to overinterpret Pope Leo's decision to move back into the papal apartments, like his wearing the mozzetta on the balcony when he was elected. The real reason - cost - is utterly non-ideological.
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We can hope that the move does not undo one of the signature achievements of Pope Francis: He broke up the court atmosphere that surrounded previous popes, writes NCR columnist Michael Sean Winters.
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Catholic social doctrine is rooted in dogmatic claims. Without the roots, it gets blown away easily.
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Pope Leo XIV shared Sunday pranzo with a group of people from the Diocese of Albano. During the event, the diocesan bishop of Albano, Bishop Vincenzo Viva, spoke words that captured my attention.
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If last Friday's summit with Putin felt like Munich 1938, Monday's summit with Zelensky felt like Yalta.
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On Aug. 18, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the leaders of several European countries came to the White House for a meeting with President Trump. It felt a lot like Yalta in 1945.
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Trump is reviewing Smithsonian exhibits. What could go wrong?
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"Bad history and lousy civics," have enabled Trump's attack on the Smithsonian, argues Michael Sean Winters. Trump can rearrange exhibits, but he can't change history and the facts it contains in his...
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Trump is meeting Putin in Alaska? Is this really like Chamberlain going to Munich?
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It took Adolf Hitler less than six months after that meeting to devour the rest of Czechoslovakia. Are we sure Russia will stop at Ukraine?
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The Texas redistricting powergrab offers the Dems another angle to reclaim populist mantle.
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What is more populist than running on the pledge to "return power to the people"?
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Sebastian Gomes and his team at America have produced a video that captures last March's "Fratelli tutti" conference. It is worth 12 minutes of your time to watch it.
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Sebastian Gomes' video captures the essence of the gatherings, which are exercises in synodality, of bringing together people with distinct roles in the church, and allowing them to speak with one...
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Four US prelates are in Japan to mark the 80th anniversary of our dropping the atomic bombs. Here is my look at Cardinal Cupich's remarkable address at Nagasaki.
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Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich delivered an important address in Nagasaki about the church's teaching on war. He was there to mark the anniversary of the atomic bombs dropped on Nagasaki and on...
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Pope Paul VI was the great pope of the 20th century. He died on this date in 1978.
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Shaped entirely by the Second Vatican Council, Pope Paul VI dedicated his pontificate to beginning the implementation of the vision the council had given to the church.
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Timothy Shenk's book "Left Adrift" takes an unusual approach, and it yields some interesting insights.
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In Left Adrift: What Happened to Liberal Politics, Timothy Shenk looks at the politics of the last 45 years by comparing the careers of two of the left's most prominent political strategists, Stan...
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Trump ran on cracking down on immigration, but is the issue now turning against him?
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There is plenty of anecdotal evidence to suggest the ground is shifting, from conversations with Trump supporters to the White House's own behavior, writes NCR columnist Michael Sean Winters.
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Abp Weisenburger did not cause a scandal but firing three anti-Francis professors. He ended the scandal.
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The removals at Sacred Heart Major Seminary are long overdue. Kudos to Archbishop Edward Weisenburger of Detroit for doing it.
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Dear liberals: Stop the pearl-clutching about the courts. We can disagree about this decision or that, without labeling conservative jurisprudence illegitimate.
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We can debate the merits of any of the Supreme Court's decisions. But whatever we think about this decision or that, the point is that the constitutional order has held, says Michael Sean Winters.
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If Catholic Action is to be revived, where do we start? Here are a few ideas.
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Such efforts "just might," NCR's Michael Sean Winters writes, "help overcome the polarization found in both the Catholic Church and the wider culture."
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How to revive the spirit of Catholic Action? It starts with core dogmatic claims that used to be culturally embedded.
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Efforts at social justice have become less distinctly Catholic and more ecumenical in character. But there are three dogmatic claims that should animate any effort to renew Catholic Action, says...
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More thoughts on social media and evangelization. Hint: Augustine's commentaries on the First Letter of John are a good place to start.
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How do we, as a Catholic Church, overcome the problems posed by social media? How do we create a culture that is more humane than the culture of social media?
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Is social media from Satan? It is a nice question.
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Is social media evil? Catholics who take seriously the call to become missionary disciples need to pose the question and at least confront the ways social media frustrates efforts to spread the...
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Frm the "everything old is new again" folder: Is natural law making a comeback?
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How do we recover a shared sense of the moral order that is built into the universe? Michael Sean Winters says that dusting off the idea of a natural law might allow us to at least find a shared...
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