17 Apr 2019
Another important contribution to the conversation on polarization in the US Catholic Church from @RGC3 in @ChurchLifeND
#ThoughManyOne
16 Apr 2019
Remedies for American Catholic Polarization churchlife.nd.edu/2019/04/15…
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18 Jan 2019
"I see the child in the womb, from the moment of his or her conception, as a creation of God, deserving of our respect, protection and love” @JamesMartinSJ on “Why I am Pro-Life”
#WhyWeMarch (with a reference to #ThoughManyOne @GUcstpubliclife)
americamagazine.org/2019/01/…
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13 Dec 2018
Great story featuring our recent @GUcstpubliclife dialogue with @eliseitaliano, @gehringdc, @gloria_purvis and Hosffman Ospino, as well as our efforts last June at #ThoughManyOne
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Thread on #faithandpolitics from #thoughmanyone panelist @DrClarkM1
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“In a sense, the most important question is who, are the causes of polarization. And the answer to that question is as simple as it is elusive. The answer is you are, and I am. We are the causes of polarization.” - @Americaeditor speaking about division at #ThoughManyOne.
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“While the intraecclesial debates about Pope Francis, continued culture wars, fights over how we’re supposed to implement Vatican II take place, our peers are being carried out in spiritual body bags in front of our eyes.” - @eliseitaliano on costs of polarization #ThoughManyOne
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“The face of our country and our Church is changing. It is getting closer to the actual black-brown face of Jesus the Christ. How welcome will we make this Jesus feel?” - Sr. Patricia Chappell on race and the Church at #ThoughManyOne. Watch: bit.ly/2LlyOIF
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“Peace is not something we are at terminus ad quem..., it is actually an ongoing process of building cocoons, webs, platforms, moments and oases and initiatives of peace within a broader context that can be often conflictual and deeply violent.” - Scott Appleby #ThoughManyOne
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#ThoughManyOne saw a Dialogue on "Causes, Costs, and Overcoming Polarization in the Church and Nation." Thanks to Scott Appleby, Sr. Patricia Chappell, Hosffman Ospino, @eliseitaliano and @Americaeditor for sharing their insights! Watch in full here: bit.ly/2LlyOIF
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“We actually find that religious attendance serves as a moderating force in our politics.” - @emilyekins sharing research on voters and political polarization at #ThoughManyOne.
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“My notion is that Catholics are somewhat politically homeless in the United States. There are two parties, two choices, and neither of them fit the faith or Catholic social teaching very well.” - Mark Gray presenting at #ThoughManyOne. Watch here: bit.ly/2KLGl6A
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“U.S. Catholics are united in their admiration for Pope Francis… fully 84% of American Catholics say they have a favorable view of Pope Francis.” - @GregSmith_Polls sharing data on similarities in the American Catholic Church at #ThoughManyOne
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“Empirical data doesn’t always produce the kind of data that we feel comfortable with, but it produces the kind of data that we need to have this fruitful conversation together.” - @TriciaCBruce opening the discussion on polarization research at #ThoughManyOne.
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.@TriciaCBruce @emilyekins @GregSmith_Polls and Mark Gray of @caracatholic discussed "Research on Polarization in the Church and Nation" in a Dialogue at #ThoughManyOne. Thanks to them for their insight! Watch the full Dialogue here: bit.ly/2KLGl6A
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“It was never about me, it was never about them. It was about dignity… There is no polarization when it comes to do that.” - @nspimentel talking at #ThoughManyOne about her experiences in the Rio Grande Valley. Watch the Dialogue for Moving Forward: bit.ly/2z91K4Y
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“I just wonder whether a solution is again for us to be able to… get in the middle. From the middle find a way to preach and teach the message of Jesus.” - @FrJohnEnzler on strategies for moving forward from #ThoughManyOne
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13 Jul 2018
“Catholic social teaching is Catholic moral teaching...There is one unified, integrated teaching about how we as Catholics should conduct our lives in this world”
@McCormickProf in @firstthingsmag on Unity, Truth, & CST; tracks his #ThoughManyOne remarks
firstthings.com/web-exclusiv…
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“That’s the first thing that it means to be a Catholic is listen to what the Holy Father says… And what it means to be one as a Church is listen to what Pope Francis is saying.” - John Garvey on unity in the Church at #ThoughManyOne. Watch the Dialogue: bit.ly/2z91K4Y
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