Sainthood for Black Elk could help the inclusion of indigenous Americans within the Catholic Church, but it also raises questions about the church’s role in erasing Lakota culture.
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In 1918, this American Catholic accepted a death sentence rather than go to war
The courageous witness of ‘unarmed prophet’ Ben Salmon—precisely one century ago—anticipated a major development in Catholic doctrine on war and peace,.
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Sex abuse happens across denominations. Here’s how one Protestant minister is helping people heal
The Rev. Carol Howard Merritt says that the image of a God who suffers with us can play a role in helping people recover.
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How the top-heavy Catholic Church is losing the ground game in China
Even if relations improve with the government, the Catholic Church in China needs evangelization efforts to grow beyond a devout but tiny membership.
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How Communists and Catholics Built a Commonwealth
In our search for viable economic models, we would do well to look to the cooperatives and collective enterprises that have worked well elsewhere, including some surprisingly long-lived examples from northern Italy.
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When a Jew and a Catholic marry
There are tens of thousands of Jewish-Catholic intermarriages in the United States, and a good number of them involve partners with strong commitments to their separate traditions.
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How Cajun country, an old ambulance and 1,200 frog legs led me back to the confessional.
On finding reconciliation in a post-contrition era.
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I’m a conservative Latina. Is there a place for me in Trump’s Republican Party after Charlottesville?
In the face of an emboldened white supremacy movement, I find the defensive posture of some conservatives more and more trying.
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Can Catholic social teaching help solve the labor crisis?
We need an economy that enables people to apply their energies to meaningful work that advances the common good.
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How Bishop Ruiz built the church in Southern Mexico long before Pope Francis spoke of the peripheries
Bishop Ruiz preached “evangelization by the poor,” instructed his priests to study local indigenous languages and trained hundreds of catechists and deacons.