Our Duty as Christian Citizens
“Do I pray for my elected officials, or do I just criticize them?” For our readers in...
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Tag: politics
Lessons from Emmaus Road for the Anxious and Discouraged
“Supper at Emmaus” (detail) by Caravaggio We are all familiar with the “walk to...
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Citizens of Earth and Heaven
“There’s an acute tension in the life of a Catholic that comes into focus this time of...
Read MorePaul on the Areopagus — A Master Class in Evangelization
The account of St. Paul’s address on the Areopagus in Athens, found in the seventeenth chapter of the Acts of the Apostles, is a sort of master class in the evangelization of the culture, and anyone engaged today in that...
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WAKE UP: THE REAL DANGER POSED BY THE CALIFORNIA CONFESSION BILL
SB 360, a piece of proposed legislation currently making its way through the California state...
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Seeing Abortion
We stand at a pivotal point in the great moral debate over abortion in our country—not because new...
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New York, Abortion, and a Short Route to Chaos
t was the celebration that was particularly galling. On the 46th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade...
Read MoreAbout Social Justice and Evangelization
While I was in Chicago for the Christmas break, I had a wonderful meeting with around thirty young Jesuits, all in their “pre-tertianship” period of formation. This means that these men had already passed through their lengthy...
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The Pro-Life Movement and the Culture of Death: Are we fighting fire with fire?
In the fight against the culture of death, are our words enough? Is a political movement of people...
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Venerable Fulton J. Sheen on Politics
It’s campaign time again – a season of anxiety. Pro-lifers vote for life; something that trumps...
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Six Important Things Catholics Must do this Political Season
Catholics and the Healthcare Debate It is now three days since the Supreme Court ruled the...
Read MoreForgiveness is Freedom: An Interview with Kinyarwanda Director Alrick Brown
Most Americans are familiar with the Holocaust and the horrible atrocities we associate with that genocide, but few can give details about the brief, but massive, genocide that occurred in Rwanda in 1994 when over 800,000 people...
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