The most senior Roman Catholic cleric to be convicted of covering up child sex abuse was sentenced to 12 months in detention by an Australian court Tuesday.
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We have to remember our national sins on Independence Day—but without despair
Our love of America should not be blinkered or unmindful. We must face the failures to live up to our commitments squarely and without stint.
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As the year ends for the Supreme Court, all eyes move towards next term
Big cases this year involved the president’s travel ban, a same-sex wedding cake, gerrymandering, sports betting, cellphone tracking, union dues and pro-life pregnancy centers.
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Near immigration’s ground zero, bishops begin border trip with Mass
The bishops of the Catholic Church in the United States have for weeks expressed outrage and condemned the government’s recent practice of separating children from a parent or a family member if they’re caught crossing the U.S.-Mexico border without legal documentation.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Your Take
Are you proud of the United States?
We asked readers in the U.S. about their patriotism.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
A former clerk assesses the legacy of Justice Anthony Kennedy, a ‘constitutional romantic’
Two Notre Dame lawyers describe Kennedy as a jurist who consistently ruled in favor of personal liberty and free speech.
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Republicans help bring down their party’s ‘compromise’ immigration bill
The proposal, which had been called a “compromise” bill by Republicans, would have provided some respite to youth brought to the country illegally as minors, as well as some $25 million in funding for part of a wall along the border with Mexico.
Posted inLast Take, Politics & Society
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on her Catholic faith and the urgency of criminal justice reform
I believe in the forgiveness of sins.
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Supreme Court deals big setback to labor unions
The 5-4 decision fulfills a longtime wish of conservatives to get rid of the so-called fair share fees that non-members pay to unions in roughly two dozen states. The court ruled that the laws violate the First Amendment by compelling workers to support unions they may disagree with.
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New York City leaders and clergy rally in defense of immigrants at the border
Together they prayed for God to change anti-human rights policies, and the hearts of those who enforce them.