We can love without condoning, and we can communicate difficult teachings without wounding.
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Do Catholics have to vote for Trump? Three points to consider.
This election is not about weighing abortion against other campaign issues, writes John F. Crosby. President Trump’s “systemic amorality” is dangerous for the entire nation.
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Can a pro-life Catholic vote for Joe Biden? Vatican II has an answer.
When neither political party fully affirms the principles of our faith, writes Kathleen Bonnette, we must look at the world around us to decide which principles are most at stake.
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Reforms don’t work. The police must be defunded.
The moral legitimacy of modern policing is poisoned by Its racist and anti-worker roots, writes Dwayne David Paul. We must give up the idea that the state provides safety through force and violence.
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Don’t abolish the police. Reimagine law enforcement.
Law enforcement in the United States has been tainted by racism, writes Tobias Winright, but we can reimagine and cultivate a new culture of ”just policing.”
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I see my own pro-life feminism in Amy Coney Barrett
As I watch Amy Coney Barrett’s resilience and composure during the confirmation hearings, I wonder if I, too, could live a bit louder as the woman I am.
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Trump’s rhetoric is at odds with Pope Francis’ call to recognize the humanity of refugees
The Trump administration has lowered refugee admissions to an all-time low. Giulia McPherson of Jesuit Refugee Service/USA explains why this is both inhumane and shortsighted.
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The difference between Trump’s ‘Don’t be afraid of Covid’ and Jesus’ ‘Be not afraid’
God does not ask us to check our brains at the door and be reckless about our bodies.
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Amy Coney Barrett’s religion is important—but irrelevant
To argue that a person’s religious beliefs are not or should not be influential in how they approach judicial questions shows an ignorance of history and politics.
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Is Amy Coney Barrett’s ‘kingdom of God’ different from Obama’s?
Sen. Dianne Feinstein spoke for many when she told Barrett quite directly, “The dogma lives loudly within you, and that’s of concern.”