Loyola Presidential Forum on Faithful Citizenship
Date and Time: Wednesday, October 1, 2008, 7-9 PM
Location: Nunemaker Hall Loyola University New Orleans
Format: Speaker followed by panel discussion and questions from the audience.
Moderator: Larry Lorenz
Topic: The Bishops' call for "a renewed kind of politics” that focus
- more on moral principles than on the latest polls,
- more on the needs of the weak than on benefits for the strong,
- more on the pursuit of the common good than on the demands of narrow interests.
Keynote Speaker John Carr (U.S. Conference of Bishops)
Followed by a Panel of three discussants
- Cardinal Theodore McCarrick
- Loyola Law Dean Brian Bromberger
- Sr. Jamie Phelps, OP, Ph. D (Directs Xavier Black Catholic Studies Institute)
Some guiding questions for the discussion:
- Should the bishops speak out on political issues? Is it possible for the U.S. bishops to speak out on public policy without being partisan?
- What do you agree or disagree with in the bishops’ document “Faithful Citizenship”?
- Should Catholics as well as people of other faith traditions bring their faith into the political arena? How?