Refugees are survivors. As Americans, we share their values.
Short Take
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Imposing Independence: Questioning the moral authority of the Easter Rising
Catholic social thought has much to say about the issues surrounding the Rising.
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Martin Shkreli’s fraud did not occur in a vacuum.
When we enjoy our outrage and savor Martin Shkreli’s defeat, we might not notice that such outrage is, in this case, the voice of conscience.
Posted inFaith, Short Take
Disclose the Names of Clergy Abusers: It’s time to end the debate
Would full disclosure of the names of clergy offenders help these survivors and the countless other men and women who have still not reported their abuse to come forward?
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Gun Control is a Pro-Life Issue
Gun control is about the defense of life.
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Out of Africa: How a new generation of theologians is reshaping the church
How a new generation of theologians is reshaping the church.
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Oops! Now and then America got it wrong
There is a surefire cure for pride, however, and it is as simple as a reminder of some of the moments when we got things just a little wrong. Or a lot wrong.
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Thoughts on Yom Kippur
From the beginning of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, until the end of Yom Kippur (the Day of Atonement), Jews around the world engage in an intense annual period of repentance.
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Is This Transparency?
A plenary council or regional synod may not have been good ideas anyway. But more and more, the attitude appears to be that the church’s business is the bishops’ business and no one else’s; openness and a desire to involve others in church affairs seem to have become passé. It is worth considering why.
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Between the Notes
At his 80th birthday party last year, celebrated with dozens of friends in the garden of his home in northwestern Connecticut, Isaac Stern asked me to sit next to him at dinner. Rarely have I felt so honored. His luminous personality represented to me the perfect combination of a monumentally succes