Interview with Mary Ann Glendon on Politics as a Vocation

"The title of your address at the New York Encounter was “Politics as a Vocation.” Do you believe that all people have some form of calling to politics?

If we think of politics as free persons deliberating about how to order their lives together — rather than just about getting and keeping power — nearly everyone who takes his or her baptismal vocation seriously has some form of calling to participate in that process, as he or she is able. If we Christians truly believe we are called to be a transformative presence in the world — to be salt, light and leaven — we have to do our best to improve the conditions under which we live, work and raise our children. Even our cloistered contemplatives are not merely meditating on the mystery of the universe — they are praying for the world."

- Read the Entire Interview at The National Catholic Register -