Donald Trump’s standoff with a federal judge over deportations is pushing the country toward a constitutional crisis.
Editorials
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The Council of Nicaea, Christian unity and a common date for Easter
The common date of Easter 2025 between East and West can prompt Christians to reflect on what we all share.
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Trump is abusing his executive power. Congress must push back.
In order for the United States to remain “a government of laws, not of men,” the editors write, all officials entrusted with elected authority must recognize the constraints on their own power.
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The Christian response to a suffering world is hope.
Christian hope, as Pope Francis understands it, reminds us that a better and more just world is within our grasp.
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Can Americans still communicate across difference? That’s our work—even after the 2024 election.
In the language of Catholic social teaching, we might say that voters doubt whether the political system in which they participate sustains the common good.
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President Biden should pressure Israel to end war in Gaza before he leaves office.
The Editors: This moment cries out for the kind of decisive action that perhaps only a lame-duck presidency can bring about: putting the burden of peace on Israel for bringing the war in Gaza to an end.
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Praying for the patience to listen to each other: The work of the synod continues
Especially in places like the United States, where structures like pastoral councils are already relatively common, it is important to hear the synod’s call to ensure that consultation and dialogue are effective and not merely nominal.
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Pope Francis told American Catholics to vote their conscience. What did he mean?
The Editors: “Rather than a claim to know conscience’s demands for everyone, it is a challenge for voters to engage in deeper reflection, prayer and dialogue.”
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A year of war in Israel and Gaza: Praying for a just and lasting peace
As we approach the anniversary of the Oct. 7 terrorist attacks in Israel, ‘America’ takes a look back at our coverage of the conflict as it unfolded.
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The Editors: American political life doesn’t need to depend on fear-mongering
Facts are the great enemy of the demagogue, as Senator McCarthy learned so many years ago.