
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.
How to Be a Missionary Church
Stephen P. White
One of the delightful consolations of the Catholic faith is that we seem to have a patron saint for everything,…
Articles
The Catholic Thing / October 3, 2024
Imagining the Future
Stephen P. White
Twenty years ago, The New Atlantis published a remarkable essay by Yuval Levin titled, “Imagining the Future.” (The essay was subsequently lengthened and published…
Articles
The Catholic Thing / September 5, 2024
No Politics is Local Now
Stephen P. White
Personal morality is downplayed; moral responsibility for various global issues is emphasized.
Articles
The Catholic Thing / August 22, 2024
Someone to Dance With
Stephen P. White
Grace builds on nature; we can start by finding ways to give nature a chance.
Articles
The Catholic Thing / August 8, 2024
Two Perspectives on the Synod’s New ‘Working Document’
Stephen P. White
Stephen P. White and Fr. Gerald E. Murray comment on the Instrumentum laboris of the Synod on Synodality.
Articles
The Catholic Thing / July 13, 2024
A Problem of Exculturation
Stephen P. White
At its best, liturgical inculturation incorporates the worthiest elements of particular cultures into the Church’s life and worship.
Articles
The Catholic Thing / May 30, 2024
Young U.S. Catholics want more orthodoxy. That doesn’t mean they reject Vatican II.
Stephen P. White
What is replacing the “spirit of Vatican II” is not necessarily a rejection of the council but rather a fulfillment of its vision.
Articles
America / May 7, 2024
The Times They Are A-Changin’
Stephen P. White
The successive (and seemingly accelerating) pace of cultural change means that each generation comes of age with a sense of what is normal which is very different from the previous generation.
The Catholic Thing / May 2, 2024
Creation and the Order of Love
Stephen P. White
When we cooperate with the order of Creation, we grow and become more like the one who created us.
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The Catholic Thing / April 4, 2024