Not only is the immigration system broken, but the conversation around it is as well. Far too frequently, we become polarized.
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Liberals, Conservatives, Catholics, Indigenous? Nobody won the election in Canada.
While the Catholic Church made headlines all summer—for all the wrong reasons— it did not end up playing a crucial role in this election campaign.
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Facebook wants to make ‘Instagram for kids’. Christian parents should keep their kids far, far away from it.
The real promise of “digital discipleship” should not prevent Christians from engaging in honest conversations about the harms of technology, especially to children.
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Pope Francis told bishops to shepherd pro-choice politicians ‘with God’s style.’ What does that mean in practice?
Pope Francis has a broad—and brave—vision of what being a pastor means, writes Sam Sawyer, S.J. And that vision has room for bishops to disagree with each other about the best way forward.
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Being family: What Latino Catholics can teach the rest of the U.S. church about community
An upcoming CARA survey reveals that Spanish-language Catholic groups are perceived as warmer and more familial. Meanwhile, English-language faith groups can be too goal-oriented and individualistic.
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The Catholic Church needs its own Met Gala
I know what you are thinking—a decadent spectacle of wealth, really, that’s what the church needs right now? But hear me out.
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John Mulaney has fallen off his nice-guy pedestal—and he might have something to teach the Catholic Church.
To have John Mulaney dump his wife, leap into a celebrity romance and become a baby daddy all in a couple months feels like a complete betrayal to many of his fans. Catholics know that feeling well.
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AOC, the Met Gala and the dress: Femininity has the power to make the whole world talk.
While Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s attendance attracted predictable outrage from her regular critics, she made the exact splash it seems she intended to make.
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Pope Francis wants a better future for Slovakia’s Roma communities. Roma women are making it happen.
Women in Roma settlements across Slovakia are gaining agency and bringing about a better future for the next generation.
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The Machiavellian tactics of the Texas abortion law that pro-lifers may come to regret
The Texas abortion law wins a battle in the culture war but at what cost?