People with intellectual disabilities are, as Jean Vanier is fond of calling them, “friends of time.”
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Here’s why every child at the border belongs to all of us
Our advocacy was based on the intrinsic dignity and inalienable value of all human beings and their equal and essential rights as members of the human family.
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V Encuentro: Young Latinos and women are ready to lead. Will the church make room?
Young adults are ready and willing to take on responsibility for and within the church. And many already have.
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Brett Kavanaugh and toxic masculinity: lessons from another all-male Jesuit high school
A reflection from the president of Fordham Prep
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Stop saying ‘college isn’t for everyone’
A failure to expand access to higher education will widen the gap between the fortunate few and the disenfranchised many.
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Three lessons I learned from John McCain
Never sacrifice your dignity or integrity for short-term gain.
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What’s the answer to millennial fears? Trusting Jesus.
The closer you are to Christ, the more confidently you can trust your instincts.
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From the church to the public stage, Aretha Franklin earned her respect
In the patriarchal spaces of the music world as well as the church world, Aretha Franklin demanded respect for her talents and her work.
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Will priests bring Pope Francis’ death penalty message to people in the pews?
A former head of the E.P.A. warns that the pope’s message on the death penalty, like his message on the environment, may not make it to the pews.
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Evangelization isn’t getting people to fall in line—it’s getting them to fall in love
Immorality destroys the Gospel; sin—yours and mine—is precisely what puts people in the field hospital to begin with.