Stephen P. White
Fellow
Stephen P. White is a fellow in the Catholic Studies Program at the Ethics and Public Policy Center. Mr. White’s work focuses on the application of Catholic social teaching to a broad spectrum of contemporary political and cultural issues. He is the author of Red, White, Blue, and Catholic (Liguori Publications, 2016).
Stephen P. White is a fellow in the Catholic Studies Program at the Ethics and Public Policy Center. Mr. White’s work focuses on the application of Catholic social teaching to a broad spectrum of contemporary political and cultural issues. He is the author of Red, White, Blue, and Catholic (Liguori Publications, 2016).
Mr. White’s writing has been published in a wide variety of outlets and websites, including: The Weekly Standard, National Review Online, First Things, America Magazine, The Catholic Thing, Huffington Post, The Daily Caller, Magnificat, Vox, and The Catholic Herald (UK).
Since 2005, Mr. White has been coordinator of the Tertio Millennio Seminar on the Free Society, a three week seminar on Catholic social teaching with an emphasis on the thought of St. John Paul II which takes place every summer in Krakow, Poland.
Mr. White studied politics at the University of Dallas and philosophy at the Catholic University of America. He is a graduate of the St. Patrick’s Evangelisation School in London, England.
Trauma and Taboo
Stephen P. White
The Church is sometimes better prepared to deal with sinners than she is to help those hurt and wounded by sin.
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The Catholic Thing / March 12, 2020
Don’t Sanitize McCarrick’s Legacy
Stephen P. White
Christ’s Body is not made more perfect by ignoring the wounds it bears, nor by forgetting how they got there.
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The Catholic Thing / February 27, 2020
Prudence and Bishop McElroy
Stephen P. White
Abortion is the preeminent threat to the common good in our country. It is prudence, under the guidance of the Church, which tells us so – and which places corresponding demands on our consciences.
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The Catholic Thing / February 12, 2020
In Search of a Silver Bullet
Stephen P. White
Catholic bishops are charged with forming the consciences of the faithful so they can carry out their responsibilities as citizens in service to justice and the common good. This requires an understanding of what the Church teaches, but it also requires both bishops and the faithful to understand the complex circumstances in which citizens must exercise their moral judgment.
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The Catholic Thing / January 30, 2020
What the Church Brings to Politics
Stephen P. White
The best thing Catholics can do to transform our politics is to become saints. The best thing their shepherds can do is to lead them there by example.
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The Catholic Thing / January 16, 2020
What to Watch for in the New Year
Stephen P. White
The beginning of a new year is usually a time for hope, a chance to make a fresh start. Given all the Church has been through in the past year, the usual optimism that comes with a new year –and a new decade – seems a bit diminished.
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The Catholic Thing / January 2, 2020
A Changing Church
Stephen P. White
If the lay vocation is lived fully and well – with all the lay faithful taking seriously the gift and responsibility of their Baptism – what then might the Church look like?
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The Catholic Thing / December 19, 2019
The Cross Over the Manger
Stephen P. White
Advent is a season of hope because we believe that the One who makes things whole is on His way.
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The Catholic Thing / December 5, 2019
The Bishops Stand – in Their Own Way – with Peter
Stephen P. White
Collegiality and synodality cannot be of service to the Church if they are simply window dressing for the ecclesial groupthink which too often insists: “Do what we mean, not what we say.”
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The Catholic Thing / November 15, 2019
What the Bishops Also Must Do
Stephen P. White
The bishops’ mission is to teach, sanctify, and govern precisely so those they serve can fulfill the mission to the rest of us, who are called by baptism to proclaim the Gospel.
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The Catholic Thing / October 30, 2019
Shepherds of a Wounded Flock
Stephen P. White
Since last summer, much of the discussion about the abuse crisis has focused on justice for victims, accountability for bishops, and the role laypeople can and must play in renewing the Church. There are obvious reasons for these emphases. Yet in a somewhat ironic twist, there has been less attention paid to the ways in which priests have experienced the crisis.
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The Catholic Thing / October 17, 2019