There are many roads to Jericho in the world today, but our country keeps winding up on this one.
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The Good Samaritan: in a time of violence, Jesus calls us to be neighbors to everyone who needs us
If we act like the Samaritan in refusing to pass by at a distance, we will be releasing a force greater than all the guns and all the fears and hatred in our society.
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In the face of violence, why do we write? What can words do?
We write so that our silence does not become the privilege of ignoring suffering; we write to cling to the hope that another world is possible.
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What can we do about the spiral of violence?
Praying for those who have been killed, finding inspiration to work for peace and justice, and asking ourselves some difficult questions.
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In a society awash with guns, finding out what it’s like to be the prey
I can start to imagine the terror both police and protestors must have felt, wondering whether the next bullet will wind up with them.
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How Cupich’s appointment to bishops’ committee could shape the U.S. hierarchy.
Archbishop Cupich is one of a handful of U.S. bishops promoted by the pope in recent years who have voiced sympathy for his agenda.
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A conversation with Yaa Gyasi on Ghana, displacement and her debut novel, ‘Homegoing’
‘Homegoing’ tells the story of two half sisters, Effia and Esi, born in Ghana among slavery and warfare.
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From Aggieland to Oklahoma: Q&A with Bishop David Konderla
Former Texas A&M pastor says campus ministry must be a priority, not an afterthought.
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When Elie Wiesel Met François Mauriac: learning from a historic Jewish-Catholic encounter
By doing justice to the “other half of the story,” we Christians honor our moral obligation to the Jewish people.
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Elie Wiesel’s novel ‘Dawn’ drew lessons for humanity and the Jewish people.
‘Dawn,’ the sequel to Elie Wiesel’s better known novel, ‘Night,’ offered a prophetic critique.