“Celebrating Columbus Day does not honor their story and their struggle and their history; it insults it.”
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Can Thomas Merton help us deal with the crises of our time?
This week’s guest is Andrew Lenoir, a Quaker-raised, New York-based writer, historian and speechwriter. He joins the show to discuss latest for America: ”What would Thomas Merton make of Trump, climate change and Twitter?” Mr. Lenoir’s essay explores the lessons that Thomas Merton’s work can offer in increasingly divided times. “Shortly after the election I […]
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How does Trump’s tax plan line up with Catholic social teaching?
According to Catholic social tradition, paying taxes is part of the way Catholic citizens contribute to the common good.
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What would Thomas Merton make of Trump, climate change and Twitter?
In his position, others might have begun to hate the world. Instead, Thomas Merton found he could not leave it alone.
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Archbishop Gomez at D.C.’s Red Mass: America needs “new sense of our common humanity”
Celebrated the Sunday before the opening of the Supreme Court’s term, the annual Mass invokes the Holy Spirit upon those who are responsible for the administration of justice.
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Diocese warns students: Don’t kneel during national anthem
A Roman Catholic diocese that students and spectators cannot kneel or otherwise protest when the national anthem is played.
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Is Salman Rushdie the novelist we need to capture America under Trump?
Rushdie is a writer keen to take on big, messy matters—and few are bigger or messier these days than American life at home and abroad.
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A conservative Latina discusses racial tensions within the Republican Party
This week’s guest is Dr. Ashleen Menchaca-Bagnulo, an assistant professor of political science at Texas State University in San Marcos, Tex. She joins the show to discuss her latest article for America: “I’m a Conservative Latina. Is there a place for me in Trump’s Republican Party after Charlottesville?” In her piece, Dr. Menchaca-Bagnulo explores the […]
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Last year was Trump and Clinton. Now Paul Ryan will address black-tie Catholic dinner.
Speaker Ryan will deliver the keynote address next month at the Al Smith dinner.
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Why do they dislike us? An American in Turkey seeks an answer.
Suzy Hansen’s ‘Notes on a Foreign Country’ is not a romantic ‘Eat Pray Love’-style tale of self-discovery.