Is the practice of exorcism best forgotten, or is there any value in it?
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The Top 3 Reasons that Catholics will Vote for Trump or Biden
Nov. 3 is just days away, and we have one last chance to take stock of the “Catholic case” for each of the two major candidates.
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The Top 3 Reasons Catholics Will Vote for Joe Biden
The Catholic case for Joe Biden
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The Top 3 Reasons Catholics Will Vote for Donald Trump
The Catholic case for Donald J. Trump
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Explainer: Do Catholics have a moral duty to vote?
The teaching seems cut and dry—and yet there are examples of conscientious objectors, like Dorothy Day, who abstained from voting.
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Explainer: What Pope Francis actually said about civil unions—and why it matters
Did the pope “endorse” civil unions? (Yes.) Were Francis’ words mistranslated? (No.) Is this “old news”? (Yes and no.)
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Supreme Court justices shouldn’t read the Constitution the same way Catholics read the Bible
Can textualists judges like Amy Coney Barrett take a broad view of interpreting the Bible and a narrow view of interpreting the Constitution? The short answer is yes, writes Matt Malone, S.J.
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Explainer: Are the viral ‘pope memes’ sacrilegious?
Twitter users swapped “pope memes” last week using digitally altered images of Pope Francis celebrating the Eucharist. Was it harmless fun or sacrilege?
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Explainer: A brief history of the Catholic Vote in the United States
The Catholic vote in the United States is neither monolithic nor static.
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Explainer: Is it ethical for Catholics to get a vaccine derived from abortions?
Catholic moral theology can offer some answers.