Almost all major cities in the United States have experienced major decreases in violent crime over the past 25 years.
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Why shouldn’t people be deported if they’re ‘illegal’?
Yes, some people crossing the U.S.-Mexico border are breaking the law, but the law is also breaking them.
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Politics needs more science—but it needs more religion too
Science is a necessary point of reference, but it should by no means be the only political voice in the conversation.
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Carolyn Woo: Four ways we can strengthen humanitarian aid
The four “S’s” call us to be worthy of the privilege of serving the brothers and sisters God entrusts to our care.
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A Jesuit and a corporate lobbyist: Dreamers strengthen our nation
Repealing DACA would tear apart families and hurt the economy, while ripping the moral fabric that makes our immigrant nation great.
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What I’ve learned in the trenches of religious education
People are more likely to be open to hearing the truth if they know you occasionally feed them and give them free babysitting.
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On immigration, founding charisms can guide Catholic schools
College charisms are not relics but principles for an age of political uncertainty.
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This is not what pro-life leadership looks like
Whatever motivated Mr. Trump to reinstate the Mexico City Policy, it was not a consistent recognition of the dignity and sacredness of every human life.
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What should guide U.S. immigration policy: self-interest or charity?
Would you not love and admire a country that opened its doors to the tired, the poor, the wretched and the homeless?
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What Catholics owe their Muslim brothers and sisters
It should not be difficult for Catholics to acknowledge the reality of Islamophobia.