Practitioners of law have an opportunity to restore that lost trust and hope, Cardinal McElroy said. “No group in our society has a greater capacity to remold our political discourse. No group has a deeper calling to bring hope.”
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Pro-choice politicians, Catholic teaching and the lessons we still can’t learn
The church had a fight over an award. But did anyone learn anything?
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Trump vs. the Vatican at the UN general assembly
Despite the growing American threats to withdraw, Vatican officials still perceive the United Nations as a fundamental instrument of world peace and justice seeking.
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Democrats must face reality: They won’t win by moving left
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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Sen. Durbin declines lifetime achievement award after backlash for pro-choice position
“While I am saddened by this news, I respect his decision,” Cardinal Cupich said. “But I want to make clear that the decision to present him an award was specifically in recognition of his singular contribution to immigration reform and his unwavering support of immigrants, which is so needed in our day.”
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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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Charlie Kirk’s widow says she forgives husband’s alleged killer at memorial attended by Trump, Vance
“The answer to hate is not hate,” Erika Kirk said. “The answer, we know from the Gospel, is love. It’s always love.”
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How should Catholics respond to the murder of Charlie Kirk?
This week on “Jesuitical,” Ashley sits down with Sam Sawyer, S.J., president and editor in chief of America Media, and J.D. Long-Garcia, senior editor for America, to respond to the murder of Charlie Kirk.
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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.