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Even though this execution will now be carried out privately, it will still nevertheless be carried out. And, crucially, it will be carried out in our name, by a government created through our choices at the ballot box.
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In a time when tragedies feature prominently on the news, children often remain removed from real-life encounters with dying and death, which makes conversations about death even more fraught.
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The church asks that people offer their time, talent, and treasure—but what if you can't?
Do you think these expectations are reasonable, practical, or outdated? Take our survey and let us know what you think.
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For Catholics, the history around birth control is complicated. As church teaching increasingly drew a firm line against contraception, Catholic clergy, theologians, and laypeople were participating in a broader debate about responsible parenthood.
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An anchorage gave a woman something not available to most women in the Middle Ages: what Virginia Woolf called “a room of one’s own”—a protected, private space where the creative, spiritual, and intellectual life could flourish.
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The invasive species framework can be a helpful way of understanding humanity’s impacts on creation, but it doesn’t tell the whole story.
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The war on Iran fails to meet the Just War condition of proportionality: The suffering engendered by conflict cannot exceed the suffering meant to be addressed. The Iran campaign is creating real suffering in real time.
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October 24 is the feast of St. Anthony Mary Claret, founder of the Congregation of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. In 1859, Claret received three visions from Jesus, detailing three impending global scourges for the upcoming century.
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A year after ICE turned away the eucharistic procession bringing the sacrament to detained migrants, disheartening as that occasion was, there is reason to hope.
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Science fiction writer and scientist Isaac Asimov once said, “The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.” That observation has become increasingly relevant, including for family life.
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The church encourages us to give our time, talent, and treasure and serve its faithful mission via different avenues. But what if this is simply not feasible?
Take our survey here.
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For those who want to support cancer patients—especially within a community of faith—the most important thing is to respect our own unique response to the ordeal, to contain your own emotional reactions, and to refrain from making assumptions about cancer.
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Readers share their thoughts on whether there's a place for AI chatbots in Catholic spirituality. Of those who responded, over 60% said they would not feel comfortable telling an AI chatbot something that they wouldn’t tell a priest, pastor, or mentor.
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The Catholic Church supports interfaith endeavors. However, when Catholics dialogue only to evangelize, this can make the people with whom we exchange ideas feel uncomfortable, belittled, and judged.
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We inherit stories through scripture. And we inherit ways of interpreting them. Many of us have inherited a misogynistic interpretation of Eve’s story long before we ever read the Book of Genesis.
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October 15 marks Teresa of Avila's feast day. Teresa suffered from severe illness throughout her life—which included intense chronic pain, and the emotional and psychological suffering that often accompanies it.
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Leaving is something Catholics do regularly. If former Catholics were a denomination, they would be among the largest religious groups in the United States, Western Europe, and Latin America.
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Military tactics and technologies have changed considerably since the first centuries of the church, or even the Middle Ages. And the church’s moral teachings have also developed.
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Religious support for contraception in the mid-20th century was often less about women’s autonomy than about the Cold War narrrative that American capitalism and religion produced happier, freer human beings than godless communism.
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The parable of the wedding feast in Matthew’s gospel is jarring. Instead of love, community, and family, the parable talks about murder, destruction, and exile.
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