Michael Sean Winters

Washington, D.C.

Political Columnist at National Catholic Reporter

Michael Sean Winters writes for the National Catholic Reporter and The Tablet.

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Articles

Cuban bishops urge leaders to address nation's economic crisis

1 week ago | ncronline.org | Michael Sean Winters |Junno Arocho Esteves

The bishops of Cuba said the island nation's economic situation and its people's dire circumstances can no longer be ignored and must be addressed by its leaders.
The impact of Trump's cuts to humanitarian aid, by the numbers

1 week ago | ncronline.org | Allison Prang |Michael Sean Winters

Relief organizations and others have been sounding the alarm on the human toll from the Trump administration's pullback in humanitarian aid funding, which has affected a range of work around the world and has ultimately resulted in deaths. One of the people raising concerns is Brooke Nichols, a Boston University associate professor of global health who models infectious diseases and used to work on a program funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development herself.
Leo says young are ‘promise of hope’ in US riven by discord

1 week ago | thetablet.co.uk | Michael Sean Winters |Ellen Teague

President Donald Trump’s attacks on undocumented immigrants brought protesters into the streets of Los Angeles and drove further protests already planned nationwide on his birthday. Events across the country on 14 June were dominated by the political context, including the gathering in Chicago of thousands of Catholics in Rate Field stadium, home of the city’s White Sox baseball team, to celebrate the election of Pope Leo XIV.
Diversity is cause for strength, not division, pope tells Rome clergy

2 weeks ago | ncronline.org | Justin Mclellan |Michael Sean Winters

THANK YOU for supporting NCR! Let's keep going!We have raised $302,845 from 1,949 supporters. We are 101% of the way to our goal! Pope Leo XIV greets clergy members ministering in the Diocese of Rome during a meeting in the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican June 12, 2025.
Augustinian sisters sustain environment and livelihoods in Mozambique

2 weeks ago | ncronline.org | Tawanda Karombo |Paul Jeffrey |Thomas Scaria |Michael Sean Winters

Help us raise $300,000 for NCR!We have raised $299,288 from 1,932 supporters. We are 99.7% of the way to our goal! Augustinian Sr. Ediltrudis Clemente Chinchay works with female farmers on sustainable farming method projects in Nampula, Mozambique. She and Augustinian Sr. Aurora Jacinto run the Biodiversity and Agricultural Program, founded in 2022 to support and educate female farmers. (Tawanda Karombo) Nampula, Mozambique — June 12, 2025 Augustinian Srs.
Standing up for migrants in LA without tempting fate

2 weeks ago | ncronline.org | Michael Sean Winters |Rhina Guidos |Gina Christian

Help us raise $300,000 for NCR!We have raised $294,338 from 1,916 supporters. We are 98.1% of the way to our goal! Smoke rises from a burning car on Atlantic Boulevard during a standoff by protesters and law enforcement, following multiple detentions by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Compton, California, on June 7, 2025. (OSV News/Reuters/Barbara Davidson) The tensions between protesters and law enforcement in Los Angeles are ominous.
Early signs about where Pope Leo will lead the church

3 weeks ago | ncronline.org | Michael Sean Winters

Sunday will mark one month since the election of Pope Leo XIV. Many people have looked at discrete decisions, like his choice of clothing, as tea leaves about his pontificate, whether they are or not. For example, there is much speculation about whether the new pope will live in the Vatican guesthouse where Pope Francis lived, or if he will return to the apostolic palace. Would moving back to the palace be a repudiation of Francis? A sign that Leo intends a more regal papacy?
The unlikely alliance between culture war Catholics and tech bro billionaires

3 weeks ago | ncronline.org | David DeCosse |Michael Sean Winters

Apple Park headquarters in Cupertino, California (Unsplash/Carles Rabada) The tech bro billionaires for Trump say we are facing a crisis of civilization. Catholicism would like to have a word. In his widely-noted 2023 "Techno-Optimist Manifesto," the Silicon Valley billionaire venture capitalist Marc Andreessen said: "Our civilization was built on technology.
Karol Nawrocki's narrow win in Poland highlights liberal vs. populist challenge

3 weeks ago | ncronline.org | Michael Sean Winters |Rhina Guidos

Presidential candidate Karol Nawrocki, center left, arrives at a polling station with his wife Marta Nawrocka, center right, during the presidential election runoff in Warsaw, Poland, June 1, 2025. (AP/Czarek Sokolowski) Poles went to the polls last weekend and elected Karol Nawrocki as their country's president by the narrowest of margins, 50.89% to 49.11%. Nawrocki was the candidate of the conservative, populist Law and Justice Party.
Faith leaders, health care advocates arrested while protesting GOP budget bill in Capitol

3 weeks ago | ncronline.org | Rhina Guidos |Michael Sean Winters |Jack Jenkins

Help us raise $300,000 for NCR!We have raised $277,288 from 1,710 supporters. We are 92.4% of the way to our goal! Police arrest the Rev. William Barber II, center left, and Suvya Carroll, center right, in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda June 2 in Washington.