While Americans are angry about income inequality, health care costs and corporate power, the social agenda of the left remains unpopular.
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Archbishop Weisenburger: We must allow the suffering in Gaza to wound us
Here in southeastern Michigan, with our rich diversity of religions and peoples, we need to be a voice that speaks in solidarity with one another and with all victims of war and violence.
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Bring back the Catholic city
Consider the piazza, which could be called a quintessentially Catholic urban feature. It welcomes all, regardless of economic purpose.
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Our son has autism. We need accompaniment—not Trump’s medical advice.
We don’t spend much time speculating about what caused autism. We know Manny has it, and we will be here for him, whatever that looks like.
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Amid Chicago ICE raids, a people’s Mass is an example of ‘political holiness’
Several hundred Catholics and people of faith gathered on Sept. 13 to celebrate a people’s Mass, or Misa popular, outside the gates of the Great Lakes Naval Station in the city of North Chicago.
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Jerry quit Ben & Jerry’s. You don’t have to agree with his progressive politics to admire his moral resolve.
Jerry Greenfield claims that Ben & Jerry’s ability to remain values-driven is being threatened by Unilever’s attempts to control the brand’s messaging, especially its criticism of Israel’s conduct in the war in Gaza.
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Catholics must resist Trump’s ‘warrior ethos’—without deepening the battle lines
How can we resist the warrior ethos? By resisting the assumption that coercion is the best way to create the world we want to see.
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The ICE raid on a Hyundai plant shows how hard it would be to quit globalization
An ICE raid will delay the construction of a plant in Georgia that could provide Americans with high-paying jobs.
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Charlie Kirk’s assassination and the chilling effect of political violence
The country should also be shaken by the prospect that these acts of violence could accelerate a slide into authoritarianism.
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Charlie Kirk, free speech and the danger of politics without God
The murder of Charlie Kirk was not just a violation of free speech. It was a radical denial of his goodness as a creature of God.