Many arguments against migration suggest that only certain groups of people (the “blood”) are suitable to live on this land (the “soil”) and that only those belonging to those groups are true Americans. This is intellectually refined Trumpism—it is also immoral and un-American.
William O'Neill
William O’Neill, S.J., is the director of immigration ethics at the Markkula Center and Resident Scholar at the Ignatian Center for Jesuit Education at Santa Clara University.
Posted inLast Take
What we’ve lost by abandoning international aid
Millions of “the least of our sisters and brothers” will now suffer because of what we fail to do. Our indifference, when we can make a difference, betrays everything we hold most dear.
Posted inFaith, Faith and Reason
The human rights of victims—in Israel and Palestine—must be protected
Our common belief in human rights must be undergirded by a recognition that rights come with duties—including the duty to protect those whose rights are unequally threatened.
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A stolen election, an insurrection, a big lie: Can Catholics unify a country engaged in an uncivil war?
If we are to differ intelligently and temperately, we must first share a great deal in common. Today, though, claims and counter-claims are made as if they were vindicated by the mere vehemence of their assertion.
Posted inFaith, Faith and Reason
What vote will best protect the sanctity of life? Prudence must decide.
We are not contradicting Catholic doctrine in looking, with Pope Francis, to the full range of issues affected by our vote.
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Never Again: Moving forward after the genocide in Rwanda
How does theology bear witness, speak to what remains, finally, unspeakable?
Posted inBooks
Between Universalism and Relativism
To its ldquo cultured despisers rdquo Schleiermacher rsquo s felicitous term Christianity might well seem occupied with turning guile into guilt In Conscience Across Borders Vernon Ruland S J who teaches at the University of San Francisco has written a bracing rejoinder to those who think