From a unity deeper than citizenship, that of baptism, we implore our fellow Christians: Join us in denouncing this violence, and help us understand what distance is left between that nationalism and yours.
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The Word of God came to heal our suffering—if we’re open to it.
We spend billions each year on avoiding pain through pharmaceuticals or self-medicating through alcohol and drugs. But we must not forget that pain and suffering are not the enemy.
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What today’s college students can learn from St. Augustine
St. Augustine has much to teach us about the meritocracy and recent college admissions bribery scandals.
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Why do some Catholics oppose Pope Francis?
Pope Francis does not aspire to fulfill his role as a theologian but as a pastor.
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What 19th-century German anti-Catholicism can teach us about our own church
Despite the long and illustrious history of the Catholic Church in Germany, in the late 19th century Catholics became the great Other to modernizing, secularizing forces.
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Pope Francis’s pro-life values probably don’t match your political categories. Here’s why.
While Pope Francis has given special consideration to what some may consider liberal life issues, he has also spoken up strongly and clearly for the more traditional prolife issues.
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Don’t abolish the priesthood. Redeem it.
We shouldn’t get rid of the priesthood. We should reconnect it to the holiness of God.
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Why we shouldn’t change the translation of the liturgy again
It is tempting to want to change the words of the 2011 Roman Missal. But we shouldn’t—part of the point of ritual is its seeming changelessness.
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The stark choices the Vatican’s gender theory document is raising
The Vatican’s document on “gender theory” is bound to create further conflict, writes David Cloutier of the Catholic University of America, but it exposes the confusion around the differences between nature and choice, and between respect and affirmation.
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Pope Francis calls us to build bridges. Let’s start in our parishes.
We do not join with one another to be politically correct or to celebrate diversity. We do so because we believe that salvation is communal.