Can the Catholic church, with over 60 million adherents in the United States, make a distinctive contribution to American civic life?
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That question and related ones are being explored in a three-year research project conducted jointly by the Commonweal Foundation and the Faith & Reason Institute and supported by the Pew Charitable Trusts.

Welcome to the project's website.
Click here for a brief overview.

AVAILABLE NOW! 
American Catholics and Civic Engagement: 
A Distinctive Voice
edited by Margaret O'Brien Steinfels, 
with an introduction by Peter Steinfels
 (from Sheed & Ward, an imprint of Rowman & Littlefield), a collection of essays produced by participants in the Commonweal Colloquia and joint meetings organized by the Commonweal Foundation and the Faith and Reason Institute

Special feature: On May 24, 2002, The American Catholics in the Public Square Project, Commonweal Magazine,   and Fordham Universirty's Center for American Catholic Studies co-sponsored:"Anti-CatholicismThe Last Acceptable Prejudice?" Click here to see video excerpts from the whole conference online. Click here to go to papers presented at the conference. 

Special report: CARA has placed on its website: Political Preferences of American Catholics at the Time of Election 2000. The American Catholics in the Public Square Project sponsored the poll and survey from which the report is drawn.