Foreign Policy Isn’t the Church’s Crisis, Empty Pews Are

Driving by that old country church, you’d never know it had a leaky roof, but you do see the pastor stand outside, pointing at storm clouds one county over.

Rain is necessary, sure, but what’s keeping families away is the rain dripping all over the pews.

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When a holy place forgets what shelter means, people don’t return.

A Statement That Misses the Center

Cardinals Blaise Cupich of Chicago, Joseph Tobin of Newark, N.J., and Wilton Gregory of Washington raised moral objections to American foreign policy choices as of late, calling global tensions heightened.

These aren’t clergy working on street level; they hold serious authority within the American Catholic Church, both pastoral and administrative. However, each decided to focus their