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Some Economic Realities
When Catholic hierarchs speak about economic issues, I beg them to keep in mind the following. Vice riddles the soul. You can no more raise a vice-ridden person out of …
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The Sad Collapse of the Byzantine Catholic Church
On the far end of South Philadelphia, at the end of its seemingly endless labyrinth of tight, narrow streets, is a small, gold-capped, domed church with its crumbling stairs facing …
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Just war theory is back
Just war theory is back; not that it ever really left. But in recent years, writes Michael Sean Winters, there has been an effort to replace it as the principal …
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‘Most Christian Palestinians are nonviolent peacemakers,’ says Jonathan Kuttab
On this week’s episode of “The Nonviolent Jesus Podcast,” John Dear hosts Jonathan Kuttab of Palestine, executive director of Friends of Sabeel North America, a Christian solidarity group working with …
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Armageddon wars and Oval Office prayers: A Catholic response
When religious language is used to sanctify political power, Christianity risks contradicting its own central symbol, writes Enzo Del Brocco.
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St. Teresa of Ávila—We always find that those who walked closest to Christ …
We always find that those who walked closest to Christ were those who had to bear the greatest trials. — St. Teresa of Ávila
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Mar. 16 Monday of the Fourth Week of Lent, Weekday
During the next two weeks the Gospel for each Lenten weekday Mass is from St. John. We shall read, day after day, about the growing hostility against Jesus that climaxed …
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Pope Leo XIV: God ‘cannot be enlisted by darkness’
Pope Leo XIV said Sunday that God cannot be used to justify violence or war, warning that “God cannot be enlisted by darkness.” The pope made the remarks March 15 …
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Timothy Shriver, Special Olympics chair, will receive Notre Dame’s Laetare Medal
The University of Notre Dame is awarding the prestigious Laetare medal, an honor reserved exclusively for American Catholics, to Timothy Shriver, chairman of Special Olympics.
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Pope escalates call for ceasefire in Iran by addressing those responsible for the war
Pope Leo XIV demanded a ceasefire in the Middle East on Sunday in his strongest comments to date, directly addressing the leaders who launched the war in Iran.