Popesplaining: Women Remain “Strawberries” in Francis’s Book on Happiness
As we inch toward Christmas, it’s no surprise to hear that Americans are miserable. Any…
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Welcoming the Stranger: Sister Simone Campbell of Nuns on the Bus Speaks Out on DACA
The Constitution doesn’t say “we the citizens,” it says “we the people.”
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Union Busting for God: Catholic Colleges Invoke “Religious Freedom” to Violate Catholic Teaching
The 2013 death of 83-year-old Duquesne University adjunct Margaret Mary Vojtko helped open up a…
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Meeting on the Bridge: Fr. James Martin’s Ministry to LGBT Catholics Becomes a Book
A few years ago, the idea of a “celebrity Jesuit” would have puzzled most Americans….
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Catholic Citizenship: Massimo Faggioli on the Role of Public Theologians Today
Massimo Faggioli’s new book, Catholicism and Citizenship: Political Cultures of the Church in the Twenty-First Century,…
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I Was a Stranger: New York Activists Stage a Lenten Action for Sanctuary
Every Friday in Lent, a group of activists has stood outside of St. Patrick’s Cathedral in…
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Rejecting the Stranger: Why Rod Dreher’s Vision of Communal Christian Life Is Not So Benedictine After All
Neither an idealized Christian past nor a narrative that envisions a persecuted Christian future are going to create real and lasting communities.
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Religion in Real Time on CNN’s “Believer”: A Conversation with Reza Aslan
Believer is not your average religion documentary, offering an outsider’s view of the spectacle of…
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Why is the Pope Popular Among Nones?
Popularity in public figureheads is fleeting. As the newly-elected president enters office with the lowest…
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“Make The Mass Latin Again”: The Pope Francis Backlash Comes Home
There’s beauty in mythology, to be sure. But there is also grave danger in believing mythologies can save broken institutions.
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