
Crown and Crozier
In Crown and Crozier, we invite leading thinkers to explore how the human experience is shaped by the interplay between Church and State, and what this means for tackling the great challenges of today. Join us as we examine what’s at stake for us as citizens and as a society in the dynamic engagement between civil and religious authority. The common good, basic freedoms, dignity of the person, administration of justice, self-government, the preservation of truth, goodness and beauty - all this and more hangs in the balance.
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Evangelical Catholicism and the Biden Presidency ~ George Weigel
“The fulfillment of the Great Commission and the building of free and virtuous societies are integrally linked.” These words are taken from George Weigel's Evangelical Catholicism, which argues that each member of the Church is called to live out Christ’s command to go and make disciples of all nations.
Weigel is a Distinguished Senior Fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center and is the author of numerous books, including the authoritative biography of St. John Paul II, Witness to Hope.
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Documents/Websites referenced
George Weigel - Evangelical Catholicism: Deep Reform in the 21st-Century Church (2013)
George Weigel - Not Forgotten: Elegies for, and Reminiscences of, a Diverse Cast of Characters, Most of Them Admirable (2020)
H.R. 5 - Equality Act
George Weigel - “Woke ‘Rights,’ the Equality Act, and Speaker Pelosi”, The Catholic Difference (March 17, 2021)
George Weigel - “The Challenge of Eucharistic Coherence”, The Catholic Difference (February 3, 2021)
George Weigel - “President Biden and a Catholic Inflection Point”, The Catholic Difference (January 20, 2021)
George Weigel - “Inaugural Reflections on American Renewal”, First Things (January 18, 2021)
George Weigel - “Joe Biden, Pre-Conciliar Catholic?”, First Things (October 21, 2020)
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops - “Statement on the Inauguration of Joseph R. Biden, Jr., as 46th President of the United States of America” (January 20, 2021)
Gregory A. Smith, Pew Research Center - “Just one-third of U.S. Catholics agree with their church that Eucharist is body, blood of Christ” (August 5, 2019)
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