What became clear over these past seven years is Francis’ unrelenting commitment to creating opportunities for open and mutual encounters between him and others.
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What we owe U.S. veterans who fought in Afghanistan
The war, the horror, the death and devastation have not disrupted my life in any meaningful way.
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Is there room for civil dialogue in the comments section?
The last time Father Malone left this column in my care (4/3/17), I made an argument for reading the long form of the Gospel when the Lectionary gives us that option. Today I’m going to make an even more shocking reading recommendation: You should read the comments.
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What is the solution to war? Forgiveness
In so many places, at so many times, forgiveness is the only way out. In that sense, nothing is more practical.
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We need to protect the least among us: the unborn
As we Jesuits survey our culture, we cannot help but see abortion as part of the massive injustices in our society.
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Could a new religious hymn about America break our polarization?
The values that have guided this country through more than 200 years should not be and cannot be up for debate, Matt Malone, S.J., writes in his ‘Of Many Things’ column.
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In the incarnation, the impossible became possible
God’s descent into human life charges our pain with meaning and gives it a transformative power that would otherwise certainly elude us.
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The 2019 America Profile
In what other country could the son of a saloonkeeper, one of 12 children in a two-bedroom house, rise to become the speaker of the national assembly? That is John Boehner’s story.
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The Scandal of Knock: God can transform any nowhere into somewhere
Father Matt Malone, S.J., reflects on God’s grace can grace can transform nowheres into somewheres, and nobodies into somebodies.
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The pilgrim believes you can find God in all things—even beyond the horizon
“Faith is the heart of the pilgrim, every pilgrim, the pilgrim’s modus operandi. Faith is our yes to what we know; but even more, it is our yes to what we don’t know—to all that is to come,” writes Matt Malone, S.J., in a homily he delivered in Ireland.