Each year, America’s editor in chief (yours truly in the present instance) will take an in-depth look at a public figure whose Catholic faith plays a meaningful role in his or her life and work.
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Law without conscience ignores our humanity
We are either human beings, created in the image and likeness of God and endowed with moral agency and free will, or we are merely machines, programmed through laws and regulations, mere code written by the programmers.
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We must build our public square on civil dialogue
No single person can be trusted to wield power; therefore, power must be shared among many and policed by a legal system of checks and balances.
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The six models of Cardinal Avery Dulles
“Each of the models brings out certain important and necessary points, but any model used in isolation will lead to distortions because each model exhibits only a particular reality” of the child of God and disciple of Jesus Christ who was Avery Dulles.
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There is no civil war in the Church. Jesus already won.
Who do we mean when we say “the church”?
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Father Matt Malone: Why America magazine called for the withdrawal of Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination
We won’t always get it right, but we’d rather lose than lie.
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It’s time for America to find a shared sense of purpose.
We are not the indispensable nation. We never were. But a shared sense of national purpose is indispensable.
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Why do we stay in the church?
In the end, despite my anger, my sorrow, my sinfulness and the sins of others, I stay because I do care.
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The plague of sexual abuse is worse than you think.
If things are this bad within the church, how bad is it in our homes and neighborhoods?
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What makes a journal of opinion?
Why we publish opinions you probably won’t agree with.