DOGE is attempting to undermine a congressional check on presidential power. It is rewriting the Constitution.
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Pope Leo XIV faces a difficult challenge on migration. He might be up to the task.
An early signal that Leo XIV will build upon Pope Francis’ advocacy for immigrants could show that the church’s efforts are not tied to one pope but to 2,000 years of Catholic teaching.
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A sexual abuse survivor on Lourdes’ decision to cover Rupnik mosaics
The contrasting decisions regarding Marko Rupnik’s artwork at Fátima and Lourdes reveal much about the church’s commitment to those who have been harmed.
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The battle between universities and Trump is on
Universities need to change. But Trump is attacking the wrong problems.
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Bishop Menjivar: Migrants and refugees are living Christ’s Passion today
The church remembers Christ’s death on a cross in a spiritual and sacramental way during Holy Week, but some people actually experience the Passion in a tangible and personal way in their very lives.
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Trump’s trade war misses the point: Americans do not save enough
The root cause of the chronic U.S. trade imbalance is macroeconomic: We save too little relative to our major trading partners. Tariffs will not address that problem.
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The U.S. bishops have stopped resettling refugees in the Trump era. What does the future hold?
To stop the important work of refugee resettlement is to lose part of the church’s identity in the United States.
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What it meant to FDR to be both a Christian and a Democrat
Roosevelt understood, as few American presidents had before him, that there was no inherent separation between Christian charity and democratic citizenship.
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Cory Booker, the Hands Off protests and the power of words during Lent
Cory Booker and the Hands Off protesters prove that words still have power. But only if we accompany them with action.
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The Military Chaplains of Ukraine
To Andriy Zelinskyy, S.J., “Victory is creating a society where a person feels their freedom and dignity, and where a human being remains a human being.”