The Narthex
On Election 2025
Catholic leadership is politically inept, and the U.S. Church has largely lost its political punch
By John M. Grondelski | November 5th 2025 6:05 PMFor the children of this world are more shrewd in dealing with their own kind than are the children of the light. – Luke 16:8
A pro-abortion zealot was elected Governor of Virginia. In her victory speech, she pledged to protect abortion for the next four years, making… READ FULL BLOG POSTWe Should End Lame Duck Congresses
Leaders who lost their electoral mandate are rushing through major decisions
By John M. Grondelski | December 4th 2024 3:26 PMOn November 5, the American people decisively elected Donald Trump as president. They put the Senate in Republican control and left the House of Representatives in Republican hands. The message of the election was an end to “business as usual.” Did that message reach Congressional Democrats? No. In the past…
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