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Australian bishop who was victim of sex abuse speaks on U.S. church’s crisis

By Jim McDermott

Bishops draft plan to hold themselves accountable for sexual abuse and negligence

By Julie Asher - Catholic News Service

Brett Kavanaugh and toxic masculinity: lessons from another all-male Jesuit high school

By Christopher J. Devron, S.J.

Source: China and the Vatican to sign historic agreement by end of September

By Gerard O’Connell

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Meet Atticus, the Instagram poet who never takes off his mask

By Emma Winters

September 21, 3:19 pm

Review: Finding hope in the anger of David Wojnarowicz

By Ciaran Freeman

September 21, 12:11 pm

Pope Francis tells V Encuentro: “Tear down walls and build bridges”

By J.D. Long-García

September 21, 12:01 pm

The Mission San Xavier del Bac: A Shrine Without Borders

September 21, 11:55 am

The Jesuit business network fighting poverty in Africa and beyond

By Brian Harper

Our Voices

Michael J. O’Loughlin

Michael J. O’Loughlin

U.S. Catholics still give high favorability rating to Pope Francis

Katie Prejean McGrady

Katie Prejean McGrady

Why we still need a synod on youth

Matt Malone, S.J.

Matt Malone, S.J.

It’s time for America to find a shared sense of purpose.

News and Analysis

Pope Francis leads a meeting with young people in Palermo, Sicily, Sept. 15. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

U.S. Catholics still give high favorability rating to Pope Francis

By Michael J. O’Loughlin

Trump administration’s record-low refugee resettlement “contradicts who we are as a nation”

By Brandon Sanchez

Catholic schools need the vibrancy of the Latino community

Here’s why Trump’s latest claims about Puerto Rico are wrong

By J.D. Long-García

Three Baltic states once in Russia’s shadow prepare to welcome Pope Francis

Francis is visiting Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia to help mark their centennial of independence from czarist Russia.

By Edward W. Schmidt, S.J.

Pope Francis says he will go to Japan in 2019

It will be the pope’s fourth visit to Asia, the continent where he foresees growth for the Catholic Church in the 21st century.

By Gerard O’Connell

Kevin and Sarah Leopold attend a Sept. 14 prayer vigil with their son Ambrose at the Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul in Philadelphia. The vigil was in response to recent clerical sexual abuse scandals. (CNS photo/Gina Christian, catholicphilly.com)

Five ways to safeguard children everywhere

The U.S. bishops’ Dallas Charter to protect minors is working. Its principles should be applied to all Americans who work with children.

Stephen J. RossettiSeptember 20, 2018

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Stop saying ‘college isn’t for everyone’

Catholic schools challenged by changing demographics

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Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time (B)

‘They had been discussing among themselves on the way who was the greatest.’ (Mk 9:34)

This week

Why do we follow Jesus?

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Do your actions help or harm the work of the Spirit?

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Apr 20, 2018

The line between disagreement and polarization is that one is based on reason, and the other is based on emotion or if you like faith (not a religious reference). Increased exposure to philosophic argument may help people understand that reasonable people can disagree, can listen to, understand, and evaluate the merits of their own and others positions.

-Charles Monsen

Commenting on Who is the cause of society’s polarization? All of us.

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