David Gibson, director of the Center on Religion and Culture at Fordham, discussed how British Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s Catholic faith shapes his approach to politics, emphasizing the common good, solidarity, and human dignity.
“The British prime minister may not be the ideal Catholic. But he ought to be seen as a helpful corrective to an American Catholicism that often sees the faith less as a way of life and more as an avenue to an argument.”
“Mr. Burnham’s Catholicism is still central to who he is as a leader, and it informs his approach to policy, which is oriented toward the common good rather than culture wars.”
“At a rare moment when longstanding political agendas are in flux, Mr. Burnham’s approach is one avenue out of a zero-sum politics and toward the kind of policymaking and society-building that Catholic politicians in America used to be known for.”
