These trends should prompt an examen among Catholic educators. Do our schools lead people to drift from religion to money, from community engagement to private enrichment?
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Cardinal Farrell: Pope Francis’ critics are wrong. He’s no autocrat.
I have spent the last seven years working in the Roman Curia. My experience has been far from that of those who would claim that Pope Francis governs through fear.
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A farewell and thank you to the New York Times Covid-19 tracker
In a time when we felt isolated, afraid and increasingly divided, The Times gave us a means to better understand what was happening and to stay connected with one another.
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We don’t know enough about the causes of clergy sexual abuse. One Jesuit initiative is beginning to change that.
Fordham University’s Taking Responsibility initiative released its final report on Feb. 9, calling for both clergy and lay members of Jesuit institutions to face “entangled responsibilities” around the abuse crisis.
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Joe Biden’s immigration policy shift is against Catholic teaching
President Biden said the right things during the 2020 campaign, but his immigration policy is beginning to resemble that of Donald Trump.
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Seeing the Catholic Church through the eyes of a global news aggregator
Learning a little more about Flipboard got me wondering what kind of vision of the Catholic Church you might find when the audience creating it is from around the world.
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JFK to Mitch McConnell: How Irish Americans went from reliable Democrats to leading the GOP
This St. Patrick’s Day we can find Irish Americans at the height of political power, but they may not be what predecessors like John F. Kennedy and Patrick Moynihan expected.
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Want to understand Pope Francis on immigration? Look to his Ignatian spirituality.
Pope Francis sees the embrace of migrants as a new ‘frontier’ for mission, a privileged opportunity to proclaim Jesus Christ and the Gospel message, in accordance with his Ignatian worldview.
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Pope Francis, not Adam Smith, is right: A belated apology to my Econ 101 students
I introduced students to a worldview completely at odds with the one expressed by Pope Francis. In doing so, I rationalized greed and dismissed the idea of a common good.
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There is nothing Catholic or pro-life about a small-government approach
There is every reason to hope and even expect that pro-lifers will intentionally move with confidence into a Pro-Life 3.0 future focused on radical equality for both mother and child.