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.
Catholic Social Teaching: An Account of Reality
Stephen P. White
One of the challenges preventing a wider reception of the Church’s modern social teaching is that there is some confusion about just what Catholic social teaching is.
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The Catholic Thing / January 29, 2022
What’s at Stake with the Synod?
Stephen P. White
If those directing the Synod at every level of the Church present it in worldly terms – political, bureaucratic, ideological terms – then it will surely become merely that.
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The Catholic Thing / January 13, 2022
A Divisive Approach to Liturgical “Unity”
Stephen P. White
The consequences for the Church of ultra-mundane and aggressively banal liturgies are impossible to deny.
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The Catholic Thing / December 30, 2021
Rejoice, Indeed!
Stephen P. White
We rejoice during Advent as an expression of gratitude for the wondrous and unmerited gift of the Incarnation. But our rejoicing is not only a response to the gift of salvation; it is an imitation of the Father, who rejoices over us.
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The Catholic Thing / December 16, 2021
Restoring Trust After the Abuse Crisis
Stephen P. White
The reality is that sexual abuse – by clergy or anyone else, of minors or adults – is never going to be completely eradicated. But we can hope for a time, be it decades or centuries from now, when abuse in the Church is not seen as a global crisis.
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The Catholic Thing / December 2, 2021
A Beginning by the Bishops, Not the End
Stephen P. White
The deep divisions in the Church make it clear that the Church needs a big change. The document just passed by the U.S. bishops on the Eucharist isn’t it. But it might prove an important brick in beginning lasting renewal.
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The Catholic Thing / November 18, 2021
Listen to Archbishop Gomez: Social Justice Begins with Recognizing Our Common Humanity.
Stephen P. White
Archbishop José Gomez has a long track-record of speaking on racism and social injustice in a way that consistently challenges both the injustice of the status quo and the instrumentalization of the faith as a mere means to political ends.
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America Magazine / November 12, 2021
Who Benefits from the Status Quo?
Stephen P. White
For more than 40 years, President Biden (and others) have used the interminable “dialogue” in the Church as a pretense for using their Catholic faith as political cover for promoting abortion. The freshness of that dialogue turned rancid long ago.
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The Catholic Thing / November 4, 2021
Rome Remembers
Stephen P. White
Rome remembers her martyrs, and what an astonishing place to be allowed to join in that remembrance. I am filled with a pilgrim’s gratitude.
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The Catholic Thing / October 21, 2021
On Being Hopeful – And Happy – Warriors
Stephen P. White
As Christians, we always have hope. It is not a hope for worldly success, or even that we will live to see the ecclesial (and social and political and cultural) renewal we hope will come. It is the hope that comes from knowing that however grim the battle, the war has already been won. Let us be happy warriors.
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The Catholic Thing / October 7, 2021
Going for Broke
Stephen P. White
By almost any measure, America is the wealthiest nation in the world. Whether compared to other nations of the world today or in the past, ours stand out as perhaps the most affluent society in history. Are we better for it?
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The Catholic Thing / September 23, 2021
