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What both parties want in the White House (iStock)
(Un)Conventional Wisdom
Robert David Sullivan
Trumpism crosses party lines.
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Catholic News Service
For the hundreds of South Sudanese refugee children settled into a Ugandan camp, learning how to react without violence is as much a part of their schoolwork as academic pursuits.The refugee families, who have fled two years of ethnic fighting in newly independent South Sudan, value the material the
Pope Francis greets Apple CEO Tim Cook during a private audience in the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican Jan. 22. (CNS photo/L'Osservatore Romano, handout)
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Rosie Scammell - Religion News Service
The pontiff spent around 15 minutes in a private conversation with Cook on Jan. 22. Francis regularly meets with dignitaries at the Vatican, but the arrival of the Apple chief raised eyebrows particularly for its timing. Just a week earlier the pope had met with Schmidt, currently executive chairman of Alphabet Inc., parent company of Google, where he served as CEO for a decade.
Pope Francis greets people during an audience for pilgrimage workers in Paul VI hall at the Vatican Jan. 21. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
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Carol Glatz - Catholic News Service
Use the power of communication to build bridges and heal wounds, not generate hatred or misunderstanding, Pope Francis said. The Catholic Church, too, must proclaim the truth and denounce injustice without alienating everyone in need of God's help, he said in his message for World Communica
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Catholic News Service
Because of a predicted snowstorm in Washington, the St. Louis archdiocesan Catholic Youth Apostolate canceled its Generation Life pilgrimage to the March for Life.About 2,200 teens, adult chaperones, volunteers and staff were expected to participate in the 43rd annual march Jan. 22.The youth apostol
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Catholic News Service
At a Jesuit-sponsored Mass, students heard that "Our efforts are to be able to create the same amount of space for people to change their hearts."
Dispatches
Jim McDermott
There really is no “bottom” to get to with “The X-Files,” no fully-formed mystery to be uncovered.
The Good Word
Terrance Klein
Scripture has proven itself rather lethal in the hands of modern men and women of faith, of any faith.
Dispatches
Kevin Clarke
State officials report that all children who drank the city's water since April 2014 have been exposed to lead.
Pope Francis Homilies
Pope Francis
If a bishop does not pray and does not announce the Gospel but is concerned with other things, God's people suffer.
In All Things
Lisa A. Baglione
The news that Putin "probably" approved the murder of Alexander Litvinenko is the latest in a long list of his violent acts.
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Rosie Scammell - Religion News Service
Prejean met with the pope on Jan. 21 to deliver a thank-you letter from Richard Glossip, whose execution in the U.S. was halted in September after intervention from the pontiff. But her celebratory meeting with the pontiff came just hours after another death row inmate, Richard Masterson, was put to death in Texas.
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Catholic News Service
"In spite of the borders and boundaries that exist, we see ourselves as one great Catholic community, and we are immensely grateful and honored that our universal pastor, Pope Francis, has chosen to come to our area," Bishop Seitz said in a Jan. 18 statement. "We celebrate this great day for our brothers and sisters in Juarez."
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Catholic News Service
"It's not about service, we should be out on the streets protesting," Rev. Cean James, founding pastor of Grace Christian Fellowship Church in Philadelphia, said. "Given the lack of change in society since the death of Dr. King, a true revolution of values is needed. It should be a day of protest against injustice. We have been silent for a long time."
In All Things
William E. Lori
Archbishop Lori: Today conscience protections for people with moral or religious objections to abortion are being taken away.
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Kevin Clarke
“I think people on both sides would say that it’s gone well,” he says. “By no means do [adjuncts] feel like they have reached a level of parity,” he adds, “but they understand that the university has taken a real step in the right direction and want to continue to work with the union.”
South African President Jacob Zuma
Dispatches
Anthony Egan, S.J.
At roughly midway in Jacob Zuma’s second (and constitutionally last) term as president of South Africa polls and growing numbers of protests both suggest a growing discontent with the ruling African National Congress (A.N.C.).
A Faculty Forward vigil at Loyola University Chicago in December (Photo: Faculty Forward Chicago)
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Kevin Clarke
Faculty Forward reports “deep misgivings about the future of higher education” among respondents.
Dispatches
Gerard O’Connell
Vatican Congregation's decree reforming the ceremony comes one year after the pope made the decision