Catholic healthcare leaders continue to denounce GOP efforts to “reform and repeal” the Affordable Care Act.
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Barack Obama and the Limits of Optimism
Jason Berry reviews “A Consequential President” by Michael D’Antonio.
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Are pro-life Americans welcome in the Democratic Party? Depends who you ask.
A rally hosted by Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont for a Nebraska Democrat prompted a flurry of questions about the party’s pro-choice orthodoxy.
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Abortion is proving that the Democratic Party can outdo Republicans in self-destruction
The expulsion of pro-life candidates may doom the Democrats to minority status.
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Judge John Noonan remembered for recognizing common humanity of all people
Noonan was a prolific writer, authoring books on topics of concern to the church such as contraception, abortion and religious freedom, as well as legal subjects.
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Man executed last night in Arkansas chose Communion for his last meal
Arkansas has executed an inmate for the first time in nearly a dozen years as part of its plan to execute several inmates before a drug expires April 30, despite court rulings that have already spared three men.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Your Take
Who has the most influential moral voice in the United States today? Our readers told us.
“People listen to those who are talking the talk and walking the walk. You become influential when you relentlessly and unwaveringly pursue what’s right.”
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Bill O’Reilly meets Pope Francis. How did that happen?
Bill O’Reilly, a Catholic, who last year challenged the pope’s views on immigration and promised to convince him of the need for reform, shook hands briefly with the leader of the world’s 1.2 billion Catholics at the Vatican.
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In the age of Trump, can Mr. Rogers help us manage our anger?
The PBS host once asked, “What do you do with the mad that you feel?” The question is as relevant as ever.
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Georgetown liturgy does penance for sale of 272 enslaved people in 1838
Georgetown University and the Jesuit Conference of Canada and the United States began a process of penance and restitution, acknowledging an institutional sin in 1838 which preserved the university but condemned 272 to slavery in Louisiana.