The U.S. church’s decline in revenue is exacerbated by rising overhead costs, write the authors of “Church Money: Rebuilding the Way We Fund Our Mission.” Parishes need to be more direct about the crisis.
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Trump’s attacks against Iran bypassed Congress. Here’s why that’s a bad thing.
The U.S. executive branch has long been expanding its powers to wage war, writes Maryann Cusimano Love, but President Trump seems eager to go even further in acting without congressional authorization.
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Clergy have helped make economics moral for centuries. Is it time for reboot?
From the defense of moneylending to ethical research methods, theologians have shaped modern economics and finance, writes Paul McNelis. It may be time for them to step in again.
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Watching the Democratic debate with my students at Loyola Marymount
There was something truly inspiring about the presence of these undocumented students at a moment that could very well determine their place in this country.
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The scriptural case for women deacons
The synod on the Amazon has again raised the possibility of women deacons. The New Testament gives us a model and precedent, writes Micah D. Kiel of St. Ambrose University, by the name of Phoebe.
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The Afghanistan Papers make clear that America has a repentance problem
The Afghanistan Papers suggest that we still have not learned the lessons of history, writes Drew Christiansen, S.J., including a sense of humility and an awareness of human fallibility.
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What today’s presidential candidates can learn from Dwight D. Eisenhower
Dwight Eisenhower has risen in the rankings of presidents, writes Paul D. McNelis, S.J., and his ability to combine bold initiatives with fiscal discipline is needed today.
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A University of Cambridge research project takes a frank look at clericalism and sexuality
While there has been much discussion of clericalism and sexual abuse, writes Catherine R. Osborne, the ability of clergy to maintain a “harmonious relation to sexuality” is relatively unexamined territory.
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We’ve been bishops in 3 death penalty states. It’s time to stop federal executions for good.
A federal judge has placed federal executions on hold. Archbishop Paul S. Coakley, Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory and Bishop Frank J. Dewane write that we should turn back permanently from the path of death.
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Why Nancy Pelosi doesn’t hate President Trump and prays for him instead
“As a Catholic, I resent your using the word ‘hate’ in a sentence that addresses me,” she said. “I don’t hate anyone.”