Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio of the U.S. Archdiocese for the Military Services was elected Nov. 15 to a three-year term as president of the U.S.C.C.B. during the bishops’ fall general assembly in Baltimore.
Kevin Clarke
Kevin Clarke is America’s chief correspondent and the author of Oscar Romero: Love Must Win Out (Liturgical Press).
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Is it possible to fight inflation without putting thousands out of work? Here’s what Catholic social teaching says.
The church’s preferential option for the poor demands that U.S. policymakers dovetail inflation-fighting with credible investments to sustain the unemployed.
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The problem with the prosperity Gospel
A Reflection for Saturday of the Thirty-first Week in Ordinary Time, by Kevin Clarke
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Catholic schools outperform public and charter counterparts in first post-Covid national assessment
“If Catholic schools were a state, they’d be the highest performing in the nation on all four N.A.E.P. tests,” Kathleen Porter-Magee, the superintendent of Partnership Schools, pointed out on Twitter.
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Two Jesuits report from the Ukraine front—standing up to Putin and serving refugees in Poland
How are negotiations possible, Father Andriy Zelinskyy asked, when the Russian opening position is: “Either you do what we want or we kill you.”
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Living in hell: A Jesuit superior describes dire conditions in Haiti
“Haitian people are living in what may be easily compared to hell,” Jean Denis Saint Félix, S.J., says. “No electricity, no running water, no transportation because there is no fuel. Unhealthy conditions everywhere.”
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Providers push back on abortion criticism: ‘This country would be in dire straits without Catholic health care’
Sister Haddad, the president and chief executive officer of the Catholic Health Association, wonders why any fair observer should be surprised to discover that Catholic institutions would adhere to Catholic teaching on abortion and contraception.
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What does the Catholic Church say about cheating?
How many of us know real-world cheaters who have just plain gotten ahead, not despite their short-cutting but because of it?
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What early Christian communities teach us about care for the poor
A Reflection for Wednesday of the Twenty-seventh Week in Ordinary Time, by Kevin Clarke
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Still no arrests more than 100 days after the murder of two Jesuits in Mexico
“Our position, after 100 days and after having recovered the bodies, is clear: We demand the municipal, state and federal authorities to be aware of their obligations.”