From 1944: When President Roosevelt led the nation in prayer on D-Day’s night, an event unique in modern history took place.
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Can better corporate organization humanize the marketplace? Kickstarter is finding out.
Kickstarter is one of a small but growing number of entities, known as “benefit corporations” or “public benefit corporations,” that are ushering in a new approach to business.
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Exclusive: Inside the election of Pope Francis
For the first time, the inside story of the election of Pope Francis, excerpted from a new book by America’s Vatican correspondent.
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Meet the Vatican team running for the greater glory of God (and maybe the Olympics)
A new Vatican team supports fitness and the value of being Christian. And they just might make it to the Olympics someday.
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Meet the most Catholic team in the N.H.L.
Despite its explicit Catholic attributes, N.H.L. players are not known for wearing religion on their sleeves the way players do in other sports leagues, like the National Football League or the National Basketball Association.
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The value of public penance in the age of clerical abuse, mass incarceration and #MeToo
Where can someone who sincerely wants to repent and atone find guidance or models for apologizing well?
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How the Catholic Church is responding to Venezuela’s refugee crisis
Over one million Venezuelans have arrived in Colombia as of May 2018. Colombia is not a rich country, and helping to bear the burden of receiving thousands of Venezuelan refugees every day is the Catholic Church.
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What Black Lives Matter can teach Catholics about racial justice
The Black Lives Matter movement has grown to become the first major racial justice movement in the United States since the civil rights movement of the 1950s and ’60s.
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The era of the parochial school is over. Meet the Catholic educators searching for what’s next.
Today Catholic schools are shifting some of that authority from pastors and principals to other sources.
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How a racist fan letter forced me to reckon with our nation’s history of prejudice
Like most public writers, I was used to getting notes that were crude, crazy or even mildly threatening. Normally, I would say a quick prayer for these obviously troubled people and get on with my day. This time it felt different, precisely because the author wasn’t insulting or obviously deranged.