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Copy Desk Daily, Oct. 14, 2019

Oct 14, 2019

NCR Today: The Copy Desk Daily highlights recommended news and opinion articles that have crossed the copy editors' desks on their way to you.

Column | Distinctly Catholic

We are all toiling in the shadow of St. John Henry Newman

by Michael Sean Winters

Oct 14, 2019

Distinctly Catholic: How large is Newman in the landscape of Catholicism? The return to the sources in mid-20th-century theology could have happened in any one of a dozen different ways, but one of the principal ways that it did occur was through his pen.

Column | Scripture for Life

Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time: Lord, have mercy

by Mary M. McGlone

Oct 12, 2019

Scripture for Life: Jesus made no gesture and said no word of healing; he simply told them to go to Jerusalem and show themselves to the priest. Of course, that was forbidden; they couldn't go near others because they were lepers. They went away — whether feeling dismissed or hopeful, we have no idea.

Column | Distinctly Catholic

Three issues that can help Republican voters abandon Trump

by Michael Sean Winters

Oct 11, 2019

Distinctly Catholic: Presidential and congressional candidates in districts that voted for Trump in 2016 need to craft off-ramps for voters who have come to question their decision to support him in the first place.

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Copy Desk Daily, Oct. 14, 2019

We are all toiling in the shadow of St. John Henry Newman

Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time: Lord, have mercy

Three issues that can help Republican voters abandon Trump

Your thoughts on impeachment, part two

Copy Desk Daily, Oct. 11, 2019

Amazonian bishops condemn attacks on rainforest and indigenous peoples

Brazilian cardinal urges synod to open doors, knock down walls and build bridges

Francis, the comic strip

Editorial: Founding documents aren't 'perfect,' but they're our best hope

We are endangered species, but Franciscan values could save us

Copy Desk Daily, Oct. 10, 2019

Faith, a relationship with God, is not something easy

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Vulnerable, courageous, prophetic: Van Hagen's book inspired by awe

Francis takes John Paul II's 'Be not afraid!' to new levels

Copy Desk Daily, Oct. 9, 2019

Democratic candidates must fashion an 'off-ramp' for Trump voters

Indigenous scholars invite decolonization of the Anthropocene

Francis, the comic strip

Copy Desk Daily, Oct. 8, 2019

Links for 10/8/19

Pope urges synod to embrace 'daring prudence,' not status quo

Lecture presents the quintessential conservative Catholic worldview

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