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[IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Oct 9, 2018 ### [Why Taylor Swift's Endorsements Could Be Powerful](https://time.com/5419015/taylor-swift-instagram-endorsement-tennessee-democrat/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Feb 6, 2018 ### [Pope Francis’s Failure to Address Abuse Allegations Jeopardizes His Papacy](https://time.com/5135338/pope-francis-sex-abuse/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Mar 1, 2017 ### [I'm a White Christian Man and I'm Acknowledging My Privilege for Lent](https://time.com/4687250/white-privilege-lent/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Feb 24, 2017 ### [Why Heaven Can Have a Gate But the U.S. Shouldn't Have a Wall](https://time.com/4681978/cpac-donald-trump-heaven/) Answering a question posed at the Conservative Political Action Conference [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Aug 4, 2016 ### [Pope Francis Opens the Door for Future Female Deacons](https://time.com/4439159/pope-francis-female-deacons-catholic-church/) It’s about time *  Aug 3, 2016 ### [Pope Francis Slams Donald Trump’s Notions of ‘Radical Islam’](https://time.com/4436759/pope-francis-trump-radical-islam/) 'Our war isn’t against Islam. It’s against evil' [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jul 26, 2016 ### [The Democratic Party Is Not One of Inclusiveness](https://time.com/4423975/democratic-party-divided/) To become righteous and powerful again, the party cannot exclude the downtrodden and those who disag... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jul 23, 2016 ### [What Tim Kaine, Donald Trump and Pope Francis Have In Common](https://time.com/4420430/tim-kaine-catholic-abortion/) Hillary Clinton's VP pick was educated by Jesuit priests; he remains a devout Catholic—and he suppor... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jul 20, 2016 ### [The Real Trump Scandal Isn't Plagiarism. It’s Racism.](https://time.com/4414701/trump-plagiarism-scandal-racism/) The politics of exclusion are in full force at the RNC [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jul 16, 2016 ### [Trump-Pence is the Most Anti-Catholic Republican Ticket in Modern History](https://time.com/4409456/trump-pence-catholicism/) The two have both frequently disrespected Catholic values [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  May 16, 2016 ### [Joe Biden and John Boehner: Our Faith Inspires Political Compromise](https://time.com/4336490/joseph-biden-john-boehner-catholic-faith/) “I don’t like John Boehner; I love him,” Biden said [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Apr 7, 2016 ### [Rumors of God’s Death Have Been Greatly Exaggerated](https://time.com/4285837/rumors-of-gods-death-have-been-greatly-exaggerated/) God isn’t the problem—we are [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Mar 26, 2016 ### [Jesus’ Radical Easter Politics](https://time.com/4271474/jesus-radical-easter-politics/) Easter is a call to rise up and proclaim a community that will outlive all kingdoms [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/christopher-j-hale-2/","name":"Christopher Hale"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/christopher-j-hale-2/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/christopher-j-hale-2/"},"name":"Christopher Hale","jobTitle":null,"description":"Hale is a Democratic politician from Tennessee; he has been a Catholic nonprofit executive and helped lead faith outreach for President Barack Obama.","url":"https://time.com/author/christopher-j-hale-2/","sameAs":["https://x.com/chrisjollyhale"],"worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```