Fabricated and impersonal, too many Catholic preachers hide themselves, forgetting that personality matters in preaching.
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Palestinians protest for the right to return, but to what?
The Gaza Nakba demonstrations this week have done nothing to advance the situation of Palestinian refugees, nor did they provide relief to the people of Gaza, who dwell in an open-air prison, hemmed in and oppressed at every turn.
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Protesting our country’s nuclear weapons is (still) worth going to jail for
Despite being out of sight, the bombs are as ever-present as micro-aggressions and mass incarceration.
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Prescriptions are no longer the chief cause of the opioid crisis
Excess opioid pills can fall into the wrong hands, but we should not respond by denying relief to millions with long-term or intense pain.
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The conflict in Israel is about more than borders. It’s about faith.
Most Israelis realize that the land, ultimately, belongs not to any one side but to God.
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The end of the Iran deal means more violence for the Middle East
Why did Mr. Trump choose to leave the agreement at a time when he is negotiating a similar agreement with North Korea?
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Trump’s border wall ignores the realities of migration
President Trump’s determination to build a wall does not consider the complex realities that force people to migrate north to the United States.
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Trump broke the Iran deal. Can the church help reduce tensions?
Pope Francis had strongly favored the pact, which sought to integrate Iran into the global economy in exchange for remaining nuclear-free.
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So, was the Met Gala sacrilegious?
How should Catholics think about the Met Gala and its supposed sacrilege?
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China’s Cold War lesson: The Catholic Church has revolutionary potential
In Poland, the church created the space for people to breathe—physically, intellectually and spiritually.