The Editors: The United States risks engaging in an unending financial war with Iran that could slip into a military one at the slightest provocation.
Editorials
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The true test that will show if the bishops have learned the lessons of the sex abuse crisis
The U.S. bishops put forward their first official response to the growing chorus of justifiably angry and frustrated Catholics who want to see concrete measures and public accountability for bishops responsible for clerical abuse and its cover-up.
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Will affordable housing be a major topic in the 2020 campaign? It should.
Seniors, especially those who live alone, face the same resistance as recent college graduates in an economic and political environment that still promotes the costly option of a single-family home with a front lawn and two-car garage.
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The Editors: The church and state can still learn from each other
Religious liberty and the relationship between church and state are two issues that have long vexed the Catholic Church, particularly since the Enlightenment.
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Our sad, muted response to the Virginia Beach shooting
In the past, a gun massacre would set off a necessary—though intractable—debate over gun control. This time, our collective feeling seemed to be: At least it was not children.
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The Editors: Dental care is inseparable from overall health care
Dental care should be a priority in any plan to reduce inequities and improve the well-being of all citizens.
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The Editors: Roe v. Wade has made abortion politics impossible. It needs to be challenged.
The ongoing political crisis is the persistent failure of Roe v. Wade and Casey v. Planned Parenthood to settle the abortion question and the failure of the Supreme Court to offer any sign that these cases ever will.
Posted inEditorials, Faith
The Editors: Love, not fear, should guide our conversations on religious freedom and L.G.B.T discrimination
Religious Americans inhabit an increasingly secular culture. But we must not let legitimate concerns about our ability to live out our faith in public life blind us to the fears of our fellow citizens who feel their civil rights are up for debate.
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The threat of a climate catastrophe is here. Will U.S. Catholics heed the call?
Will U.S. Catholics heed the call to take global action immediately? Or will our children and grandchildren live in a world drastically changed and terribly broken?
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The Editors: Border security will not solve the immigration crisis
The notion that asylum seekers are traveling thousands of miles to exploit a so-called loophole is absurd.