In 1978, Thaddeus Posey, O.F.M., started the Black Catholic Theological Symposium.
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How can we cure cataracts on the soul?
It is not just our eyes that become brittle and inflexible as we age. Our hearts can, too.
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Cardinal Cupich: Pope Francis’ ‘field hospital’ calls us to radically rethink church life
Medics are useless if the wounded cannot reach them.
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What is the link between mental suffering and artistic creativity?
Robert Lowell, a leader in the confessional poetry movement, suffered from bipolar disorder.
Posted inLast Take, Politics & Society
Patricia Heaton: ‘Iceland isn’t eliminating Down syndrome—they are just killing everyone who has it.’
Close to 100 percent of unborn babies diagnosed with Down syndrome in Iceland are aborted.
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As Catholics and Americans, we can’t sit by while our country destroys the planet
From the Old Testament to Pope Francis’ “Laudato Si’,” Catholicism has recognized and treasured mankind’s intimate relationship with the earth and all the life that calls it home.
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Margaret Sanger was a eugenicist. Why are we still celebrating her?
Sanger argued for compulsory sterilization and segregation for people with disabilities.
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When it comes to peace in Israel-Palestine, America isn’t the solution—it’s the problem.
Peace seems no closer than it did before the Oslo Accord.
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Politicians love to quote Reinhold Niebuhr. James Comey actually gets him.
James Comey is perhaps a better Niebuhrian than Niebuhr himself.
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What does it mean to be a black Catholic in 2017?
African-Americans have a deep and troubling history with the Catholic Church.