Christians and Jews have come together to support the U.S. civil rights movement and the end of apartheid in South Africa. The repression of the Uyghurs in China also demands interreligious unity.
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Landlords should be required to legally justify every eviction.
“Just cause” eviction laws can add a measure of security and predictability to housing markets. They can also correct the power imbalance between large landlords and tenants.
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Remember the immigrants who died in the Baltimore bridge collapse
We don’t know the names of all of the men so far, but the Guatemalan, Honduran and Mexican consulates have acknowledged that citizens of their nations working together in the United States are among the missing and the presumed dead.
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Survey: U.S. Catholics worry about climate change—but don’t rank it as a top issue
Almost four out of five U.S. Catholics said they “have a moral responsibility” to combat climate change. But there are strong differences between Democrats and Republicans on environmental issues.
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The Annunciation should be a holy day of obligation
Shouldn’t we all be going to Mass on the day that marks when God took on human flesh?
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Students with Down syndrome belong in our Catholic schools
Our parish school has decided that welcoming children with significant disabilities is an important part of its Catholic identity and a big part of forming all children to be disciples of Jesus Christ.
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2024 election advice: Pray for your political enemies.
Do the divisions of politics occupy our focus more than the unity of Christ’s kingdom? This would be a great tragedy for all those who hear and make their own Christ’s desire that all be one.
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The ethics of Catholic hospitals—beyond abortion and contraception
We need Catholic health care to serve the most vulnerable among us. A myopic focus on a few reproductive health procedures ignores broader questions about health care delivery for populations at risk.
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Mother Cabrini is the patron saint of immigrants. Would her story be possible today?
Mother Cabrini became America’s first saint. But was she herself a legal U.S. immigrant? And would her story be possible today?
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LGBT Catholics and ‘disordered’ language: A biblical model for change
“I do not think that the present anxiety about recognizing the ‘gay’ Catholic is unlike the first-century anxiety regarding the Gentiles becoming Christians,” Jesuit moral theologian James F. Keenan writes.