Catholic Social Teaching, Democracy, and the Trump Era: Cathleen Kaveny on Human Dignity and the Common Good

About this episode

Cathleen Kaveny joins Jim Wallis to discuss the implications of Catholic Social Teaching on democracy during the Trump era.

On this episode of the Jim Wallis Podcast, Cathleen Kaveny joins Jim Wallis to explore how Catholic Social Teaching speaks to democracy under pressure. They discuss  the Trump administration’s treatment of immigrants;  the rule of law, voting rights, institutional trust; and  why the Church must resist cruelty, manipulation, and political tribalism.  Kaveny argues that democracy depends on treating people as “co-rulers and co-subjects,” and that Catholics must hold together human dignity, solidarity, subsidiarity, and the common good in both public policy and church witness. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

People in this episode

Host: Jim Wallis

Guest: Cathleen Kaveny

Topics covered

• Catholic Social Teaching
• democracy
• human dignity
• common good
• immigration
• political tribalism

Keywords

• Catholic Social Teaching
• democracy
• human dignity
• common good
• immigrants
• political tribalism
• voting rights

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Trump administration, Church

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