So what does it matter what a celibate woman thinks about contraception?
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How facing religious discrimination challenged one sister to move past bias
After applying for an internship, I was told I would not be able to wear my religious habit. How could I reconcile this bias with my Catholic faith?
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on her Catholic faith and the urgency of criminal justice reform
I believe in the forgiveness of sins.
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Would Jesus eat with Sarah Sanders?
The way Jesus used table fellowship in the Gospels was morally transformative—but by inclusion, not by exclusion.
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America’s anti-Islam problem didn’t end with the cancellation of ‘Roseanne’
Two of the most influential anti-Muslim organizations have direct ties to the Trump administration.
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Father James Martin: Five things you can do to help immigrants at the border
Call your legislators, inform yourself or make a donation.
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50 years later, what can Americans learn from Robert Kennedy?
R.F.K. never talked down to the country he sought to lead; he aimed to lift people up, to engage and move their hearts and consciences.
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How one organization is fighting modern slavery in the Philippines
How can I say that I love God, when I fall short in doing good for others, especially for the least and the lost?
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The pope and a cardinal show Catholics the right way to call someone out
Righteous call-outs should be patterned after Cardinal O’Malley’s rebuke of Pope Francis on sex abuse.
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When the opioid crisis struck my family
In May, my cousin Christina and her husband Tyler were murdered in their home.