For the last 17 years, Senator Durbin has been unable to receive Communion in his home diocese in Springfield, Ill.
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Father Greg Boyle: Moral outrage can feel good. But it does nothing to heal our divided world.
God doesn’t share in our outrage. God only invites us to kinship and connection.
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Interview: Cesar Chavez’s lawyer on the faith and nonviolence that led to the best labor law in the country
“Nonviolence created the pressure that caused the grape boycott to work,” says Jerry Cohen, who represented the United Farm Workers for nearly a decade and worked closely with Cesar Chavez.
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‘We need to mandate the vaccine’: Sister Mary Haddad, head of Catholic Health Association, is ready for bold action
Mary Haddad, R.S.M., the C.E.O. and president of the Catholic Health Association, agrees that more must be done now to halt the advance of the Delta variant.
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Bishop Frank Caggiano wants to bring catechesis into the modern digital age
A new institute headed by Bishop Caggiano aims to help the church to reach a more diverse audience and reconnect with the disaffiliated.
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Yes, Critical Race Theory is compatible with Catholicism. Here’s why.
Not every conclusion that comes out of critical race theory is compatible with Catholicism. But how could it be the case that Catholics would not want to engage with an intellectual tool that helps deepen understanding?
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The church has models of non-sexual same-sex love. Why don’t more gay Catholics know about them?
Biblical models like David and Jonathan, Ruth and Naomi, Jesus and all of the disciples—these are images not marital; they’re not sexual. They’re something else. There’s something beautiful, holy, open to everybody.
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Discernment is for every Christian — not just Jesuits: an interview with Arturo Sosa, SJ
“Pope Francis is not only a Jesuit; he is a Christian. And discernment is part of Christianity. Discernment is an essential dimension of Christian life in all times.”
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What are you willing to die for? A conversation with Archbishop Charles Chaput
“Jesus thought we were worth dying for,” the retired archbishop of Philadelphia said. ”There must be a lot of things that we ought to think are worth living and dying for.”
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Can Joe Biden work with the bishops? The White House director for faith partnerships thinks so.
Despite public tension between some bishops and Joe Biden, Melissa Rogers, director of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, is confident the administration will be able to work closely with the bishops.