Christians have just begun to trickle back to communities that had been devastated first by ISIS then by the Iraqi and U.S. coalition forces that drove out ISIS. Those forces include the Shiite militia that have been targeted by the Trump administration over the last week.
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The papal hand slap divides Catholics and the media
Perhaps predictably, Catholics who have come to view Pope Francis as a threat to the clarity of church teaching could only see the worst in the pope’s angry reaction to the grasping pilgrim.
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Debate over Vatican official’s assisted suicide remark driven more by ideology than reality
Is it appropriate for a priest to accompany a person who had chosen to undergo assisted suicide?
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I reached out to every U.S. diocese. Here are the ones implementing the 2018 pastoral letter on racism.
I reached out by email to every diocese in the country and asked: Has your diocese started any new initiatives based on the 2018 pastoral letter on racism published by the U.S.C.C.B?
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Marco Rubio promotes ‘common-good capitalism’ at Catholic University
The quest for profit goes too far, he said, when businesses desert the workers and communities that made them profitable in the first place simply to make goods more cheaply in other countries.
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Bishops meeting to discuss new leadership, U.S. politics and sex abuse crisis
The bishops will elect new leaders, consider new language about Catholics engaging in politics and hear an update about sex abuse accountability procedures adopted earlier this year.
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Supreme Court decision on L.G.B.T. discrimination sets up religious liberty clash
How faith-based employers could be affected by a ruling in favor of L.G.B.T. employees remains to be seen. More than 20 states and Washington, D.C., have passed job protections for L.G.B.T. people.
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Can Elizabeth Warren’s child care proposal be considered pro-life?
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) has a plan for universal child care-and it is being scrutinized through a “pro-life” perspective.
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Trump administration at odds with Catholic leaders on immigration policies
The U.S.C.C.B. and Jesuit leaders have renewed their criticism of the Trump administration’s treatment of migrants.
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The weekend’s London protest is a foretaste of what comes next in the Brexit saga
Boris Johnson is trying to run out the clock and force a no-deal Brexit, writes David Stewart in his analysis of British politics. But suspending Parliament may be pushing things too far.