“Abortion is now legal in Michigan at an unprecedented level, and millions of lives are at stake,” wrote Detroit Archbishop Allen H. Vigneron in a letter to Catholics.
Cristobal Spielmann
Cristobal Spielmann is an O’Hare Fellow at America. He graduated from Loyola Marymount University in 2022 with a B.S. in environmental science and a minor in political science.
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Abortion, bail reform, marijuana and more: the ballot measures Catholic voters will face on Tuesday’s election
Besides casting votes in the flashier congressional races, Catholic voters will get to speak up on any number of local and regional concerns through local ballot measures.
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Life is stronger than death
A Reflection for the Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed, by Cristobal Spielmann
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Persistent prayer isn’t just about repetition. It’s about action.
A Reflection for the Twenty-seventh Thursday in Ordinary Time, by Cristobal Spielmann
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The sin of complacency
A Reflection for the Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time, by Cristobal Spielmann
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Keeping Your Faith Alive in College: Advice from Recent Graduates
How do you keep things in perspective and maintain a faith life when you are trying to figure out new friends, new freedom and the location of your classes?
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Fighting climate change makes God’s kingdom real on earth
A Reflection for Wednesday of the Twenty-Third Week in Ordinary Time, by Cristobal Spielmann
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Chile’s constitution vote raises difficult questions for Catholics about equality and abortion
Chileans will get to vote on Sunday as to whether or not to adopt a new constitution. Chilean Catholics face a document that supports some Catholic ideas of equality and community yet also codifies abortion and euthanasia.
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‘The Catholic Cartoon’: This 19-year-old wants to bring a comic from Instagram to your parish bulletin
Joshua Masterson, the writer and illustrator of “The Catholic Cartoon,” uses modern technology to embrace an old-school cartoonist’s style.
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Meet the 16 New Cardinal Electors
The pope will create 20 new cardinals on Aug. 27. Sixteen of them are eligible to vote in a papal conclave, and 11 are from or based in countries outside Europe and North America.