Young people are feeling more anxious, uncertain, and often hopeless about the climate crisis than ever. But in order to make real progress, we have to move past those feelings and let ourselves hope.
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On abortion, a lasting political compromise might be impossible
Those who want to reduce or minimize abortion, as opposed to eliminating it, are in a more difficult political position.
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Abortion win in Kansas was a wake-up call for the pro-life movement
Abortion activists have been preparing for years for a battle like the one in Kansas. But pro-lifers may have been caught flat-footed, perhaps never really believing that Roe would fall.
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Cars kill almost as many Americans as guns. And we can do something about it.
Like gun violence, car-related violence is also a uniquely American problem.
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Jesus would have hung out in a dive bar—and not just to convert its patrons
A popular meme portrays Jesus as always judgmental, always making a sales pitch. But as a human being, he enjoyed friendship for its own sake.
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This doctor just gave the pro-life movement its post-Trump playbook
It is time for pro-lifers to abandon the nose-holding, smash the MAGA idol and find a different way.
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The International Space Station was a symbol of solidarity. Its impending doom should worry us.
I get the sense that a monumental moment in history “passed us by” this week when Russia announced on Tuesday that it would withdraw from the International Space Station before the end of the decade.
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Dear God, let me vote for someone younger than me before I die
I’m in my late 50s, but elections still make me feel like I’m supposed to shut up and let the grown-ups talk.
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The modern parish is a lot like a factory farm. Laypeople can change that.
We laypeople are failing in our mission. We have outsourced evangelization to a few paid members of staff and a collective of volunteers.
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The eucharistic revival should remind Catholics: Communion means working for social justice.
It is my hope that the bishops’ campaign inspires not just an intellectual conversion but a religious conversion, propelling American Catholics to fight for a more just economy and a more Christian society.