The episode is the latest in a years-long struggle for Catholic colleges to balance support for diverse student populations while adhering to church teaching.
Angelo Jesus Canta
Angelo Jesus Canta is a graduate student of theology at the Boston College School of Theology and Ministry and former O’Hare Fellow at America. He studied Marian devotion in Italy and China as a Ricci Scholar at Loyola University Chicago.
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Beer and pretzels on Good Friday? It’s tradition.
Good Friday may be a somber day, but it does not necessarily have to be a perfectly sober one.
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‘Elimination’ of Down syndrome is a ‘great hate crime,’ says Holy See conference at the U.N.
“Maybe one day we will live in a world without disabilities. Wouldn’t that be perfect for modern-day Hitlers?”
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Catholics are sharing memes online. Is this the New Evangelization?
Can inside jokes among those who already speak the language of the church appeal to the outside world?
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Can’t wait till the 25th? For Filipinos celebrating Simbang Gabi, Christmas comes early.
Simbang Gabi speaks to the central place that Christmas holds in the Filipino imagination.
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Father James Martin and Ross Douthat discuss civility in public & church discourse
Is there a duty for Christians to represent a certain kind of voice in the public discourse?
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Cardinal Cupich and Lutheran Bishop Miller commit to reconciliation on Reformation anniversary
On Oct. 31 Lutherans and Catholics gathered at the cathedral to jointly commemorate the 500th anniversary of the Reformation.
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Ahead of Reformation anniversary, Lutherans pray for full communion with Catholics
If a Catholic were to walk into Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church in New Haven, Conn., he or she would not feel out of place.
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Can the Feast of San Gennaro hold on to its Catholic and Italian roots?
“People come here because they are hungry, but they don’t know that they’re hungry for God.”
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How a one-man film about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict fights the evil of silence
When you only listen to one story, you neglect so many others.