Since hearings began on Sept. 4, they have been marked by daily interruptions—in the audience and from the dais.
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2018 Catholic Church Sex Abuse Crisis: What you need to know
A summary of news and analysis on the sex abuse crisis facing the Catholic Church.
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Sexual abuse and the culture of clericalism
Clericalism poses the question: How are all Catholics complicit in a culture in which abuse is rampant?
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The abortion debate in Argentina vs. Ireland: what made the difference?
A diversity of views on abortion made for an actual debate among those who have power in Argentina.
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Cardinal McCarrick, seminarians and abuse: how could this happen?
The case shows the mystifying complexity of the human person—or at least this human person.
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Devastating fire in Kensington changed the way Britain views Muslims
Though they haven’t escaped all stigma lingering from Islamic terror attacks on British soil, Muslims’ response to the Grenfell Tower fire has highlighted their social and charitable engagement.
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Millions could lose food stamps under new Farm Bill
House Republicans will be returning to a fight over raising work requirements for the nation’s 43 million recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program after a previous effort to pass the farm bill flamed out last month.
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Why Paul Ryan’s ‘economic approach’ to politics clashes with Catholic teaching
The conflict between Mr. Ryan’s libertarianism and his Catholicism rests on rival anthropologies.
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It’s bodies against bullets at the Gaza border
Hamas, it seems, has taken Israeli contempt for Palestinian life as a cultural and political weakness that Gazans can turn against the oppressor state.
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When can a doctor conscientiously object?
A proposed bill in the United Kingdom seeks “to clarify the extent to which a medical practitioner with a conscientious objection may refrain from participating in certain medical activities.”