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.
An up-close look at the state of our priests
Stephen P. White
Restoring trust is essential if we hope to find healing in the Church, here and now.
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Our Sunday Visitor / December 1, 2022
Listen to the Communion of Saints
Stephen P. White
Very few Catholics still seem to understand what “synodality” means or this Synod is intended to accomplish.
Articles
The Catholic Thing / November 3, 2022
The Lay Vocation
Stephen P. White
Vast swaths of the vineyard which can only be tended by the laity are falling into disarray.
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The Catholic Thing / September 8, 2022
The Splendor of the ‘Splendor of Truth’
Stephen P. White
A culture that combines radical notions of individual autonomy with a Gnostic rejection of the built-in meaning of material (and, therefore, bodily) reality is a culture in need of conversion, not indulgence.
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The Catholic Thing / July 28, 2022
In Gratitude to John Garvey
Stephen P. White
No one haughty has ever radiated joy, and they are a joyful pair, John and Jeanne Garvey.
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The Catholic Thing / July 5, 2022
The Pope’s Peculiar Take on the Council – and America
Stephen P. White
We’re always the red-white-and-blue elephant in the room. In every room. Even if we forget that, you can be sure no one else does. How could they?
Articles
The Catholic Thing / June 16, 2022
A Red Hat for San Diego
Stephen P. White
Bishop McElroy’s elevation to the College of Cardinals is neither the triumph nor the disaster that too many Catholics seem to hope or fear it to be.
Articles
The Catholic Thing / June 2, 2022
The Nature of Our ‘Angels’
Stephen P. White
Abraham Lincoln delivered his First Inaugural Address at a time of unprecedented division and strife in our nation. Open hostilities…
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The Catholic Thing / May 19, 2022
Joe and Others After ‘Roe’
Stephen P. White
The trick for a politician like Biden is to stick to the words people like while avoiding those words that remind people that a young and innocent life is being snuffed out.
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The Catholic Thing / May 5, 2022
The German Response
Stephen P. White
Organizational reforms are important, but conversion – and evangelization – are much more essential.
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The Catholic Thing / April 26, 2022
