Dominic Preziosi

1 month ago | catholicoutlook.org | Dominic Preziosi |Kenneth L. Woodward

An interview with Bishop Mark SeitzDominic Preziosi: From his first trip as pope in 2013 to Lampedusa to pray for refugees and migrants lost at sea until his final moments, Pope Francis was speaking out on behalf of migrants around the world. How might his death affect what the Church is trying to do on immigration, not only in this country, but elsewhere? Bishop Mark Seitz: We lost a huge voice, someone who really understood what is going on on a worldwide scale, at levels never before seen.

1 month ago | commonwealmagazine.org | Dominic Preziosi

Dominic Preziosi: From his first trip as pope in 2013 to Lampedusa to pray for refugees and migrants lost at sea until his final moments, Pope Francis was speaking out on behalf of migrants around the world. How might his death affect what the Church is trying to do on immigration, not only in this country, but elsewhere? Bishop Mark Seitz: We lost a huge voice, someone who really understood what is going on on a worldwide scale, at levels never before seen. He got it. He saw it. He understood it.

2 months ago | commonwealmagazine.org | Dominic Preziosi |Stephen Pope |George Scialabba |Helen Rouner

An acquaintance employed by a Catholic university recently expressed frustration at the lack of a collective response from Catholic higher education to the Trump administration’s assault on academic freedom, due process, and human dignity. Surely a joint statement—clear about convictions and obligations, cosigned by Catholic university presidents—would send a message. I was sympathetic to the idea.

Mar 22, 2025 | commonwealmagazine.org | Dominic Preziosi |Alexander Stern |Thomas Banchoff |Naomi Fisher

A few years after buying The Washington Post, Jeff Bezos said that “certain institutions have a very important role in making sure that there is light,” an idea that inspired the paper’s instantly famous slogan, “Democracy Dies in Darkness.” Officially introduced in 2017, the slogan had been decided on before Donald Trump took office—serendipitously, given what soon unfolded. But Bezos has since had a change of heart.

Mar 21, 2025 | commonwealmagazine.org | Miles Doyle |Isabella Simon |Bernard G. Prusak |Dominic Preziosi

Article The clock is ticking, and the American public is sending a message that they want someone to do something. Getting the Message Article Cutting and Undercutting Lee Zeldin’s agenda at the EPA matches the Trump administration’s broader approach: kneecap the government, and then complain that it doesn’t run well. Article More, or Else Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson offer a vision of a progressive future in which Democrats stop getting in their own way.