Twenty years after U.S. military action in Afghanistan began, a look back at America’s coverage of our nation’s longest war.
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Afghanistan, Vietnam and the American legacy of lies
Our invasions of Afghanistan and Vietnam may have different beginnings, but their ends show that we are capable of repeating basic mistakes, writes Ryan Di Corpo.
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Tabloids, scandal and spying: The U.S. Catholic Church has hit a new, dangerous low point.
Rare is the story that manages to be so depressing in so many ways. A recent report about a Catholic priest allegedly using an app for sexual activity is one of them.
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Pope Francis to business leaders: Don’t hide your money in tax havens. Invest in real people instead.
The pope said business leaders should shift their focus to production, creating jobs and “investing in the common good, not hiding money in tax havens.”
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In Central America, Kamala Harris ignored our best hope: Catholic bishops
The bishops could be the Biden administration’s strongest allies in the region in alleviating the problems that force people to try to reach the United States.
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Analysis: A canon lawyer reviews the first major changes to church law since 1983
The latest revisions to Catholic Church law all point to significant gaps in the church’s law, requiring swift action from a canonical perspective.
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Boris Johnson had every right to be married in the Catholic Church.
While the optics of Boris Johnson’s marriage in a Catholic church this weekend suggest a double standard, in fact the church seems to be treating him the same it would any divorced Catholic seeking to remarry.
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Supreme Court’s hearing of Mississippi abortion law is a gut check for pro-lifers
Under scrutiny is Mississippi’s statute protecting most prenatal children beyond 15 weeks of gestation.
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Biden’s vow to ‘cut child poverty in half’ is ambitious. But is it ambitious enough?
While the overall child poverty rate may be historically low after a recovery from the pandemic, there are more specific measures of economic vulnerability for children that are still alarming.
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Was Joe Biden preaching Catholic social teaching to the Congress last night? Supporters think so.
But critics say the president’s talk about human dignity rings hollow when he is using his office to advance the greatest social injustice in America since slavery—abortion—in the next moment.