Jesus calls us to care for those in need—regardless of national boundaries.
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Bishop Budde showed faithful moral courage. Catholics should follow her lead.
Bishop Budde reminded Donald Trump that people are scared and vulnerable, and that compassion and welcome are the way of the Gospel.
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Mass deportation is antithetical to the Gospel
If Catholics don’t stand up for immigrants, we cannot truly evangelize.
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Firefighters from Canada, Mexico and U.S. prisons fought the L.A. fires. They have something to teach us about solidarity.
The show of national and international support in California reflects the human unity that God calls us to.
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The Marian devotion that unites Dominicans and Haitians despite decades of persecution
Whatever conflict may exist between them, thousands of Dominicans and Haitians gather as one each year on Jan. 21 in Salvaleón de Higüey to celebrate Our Lady of Altagracia.
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What Notre Dame football means to this theology professor
The risk associated with composing a pre-national championship panegyric on the University of Notre Dame’s football team in a Jesuit publication is above average.
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The return of Trump is a triumph for patriarchy. Our young men deserve better.
We do not need the “warrior culture” of Pete Hegseth and others in the Trump circle. Instead, we need to develop a culture of encounter and belonging.
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Facebook was right to ditch fact-checking—but it should learn from the limits of Elon Musk’s ‘Community Notes’
The previous fact-checking/moderation practices at both Meta and X were problematic and in need of an overhaul. The Community Notes alternative holds promise—if it is available to everyone.
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Facebook, fact-checking and the case for giving legacy media another chance
You know who is not getting rid of fact-checking? The editors and journalists in the much-derided legacy media.
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Cardinal McElroy is a man of dialogue. Trump should be willing to talk—and listen—to him.
In 2017 speech to a conference of the World Meeting of Popular Movements, Cardinal McElroy, the newly appointed archbishop of Washington, gives a hint as to how he might approach the incoming Trump administration.