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Cardinal Cupich points to a new consistent ethic of solidarity
… that an ethic of life be consistently applied to unite all life issues, we need in our day to mine the church’s social teaching on solidarity, as a means of uniting humanity through a …
Don't be a poser; be your authentic self
… While I enjoy the thought of devoting myself to a match in a time zone six hours ahead of mine, the truth is that I feel far more affinity for the Green Bay Packers and other hometown …
To my daughter on her first Communion day
… we had dodged that bullet. I yearn for you to grow up without the gender baggage that I had. Mine wasn't the pre-1960s message that I could only be a mother or a secretary. Instead, I was …
Being a mother makes you a fighter in many battles
… "I don't think anyone has to live as long with their punishment as you are making me live with mine," she said. "Honey, some people live through the bad choices they make for the rest of their …
Church Militant's nonsense not authentically Catholic
… will be horrified by what they see and hear on this video, and that horror will overlap with mine, but I know, too, that there is a horror unique to a Catholic viewing this video. Viewers …
Campus Notebook: LGBT issues at Newman, Creighton; Thomas Aquinas goes East
… I'm not going to be the only gay person here, there will be more. If for their sake, if not mine, you should make it more amiable, make the environment better." Newman's announcement of …
In El Salvador, a moment more precious than gold
… the dream will end. That's what it felt like for those of us in the struggle against metallic mining, when legislators here finally found the political will to block an industry that … livelihoods and defend national sovereignty against companies like OceanaGold, which wanted to mine gold and silver in the country's most important watersheds. The underlying reason for the …
Morning Briefing
… recommend election of temporary head of order … Francis faces political, religious land mines on Egypt trip … Michael Sean Winters writes about the "abortion litmus test," and says … …
Catholics should speak out against Trump's proposed budget
… upon Jesus statement in Matthew 25, “Whatever you did for one of these least brothers of mine, you did unto me.” Catholic social teaching emphasizes “solidarity” among all people , a …
Francis faces political, religious land mines on Egypt trip
… his host and endanger efforts Sisi is taking to protect Christians. "There's a lot of land mines," said Dwight Bashir, an expert on the region who has studied and traveled in Egypt for … East and has taught as a visiting scholar at Cairo's al-Ahram Center, said he thought the land mines for the pope regarding the political opposition in Egypt are "worth navigating." Norton … and international relations at Boston University. "That's the kind of thing I would hope, land mine or not, the pope would address because these are quite literally prisoners of conscience." …
Following Jesus the prophet
… his numbness, and it made me sad . But I know I have numbness to confront of my own. I think mine is caused more by pain than by indifference. First I was unbelieving, then I was angry, then …
Wilson's Way of the Cross
… were growing. His younger siblings had to drop out of school. On a wider scale, a foreign mining company was seizing surrounding land. It dammed off one of the main nearby rivers for use in the mine, and its operations were contaminating remaining water sources. Some people found jobs in the mine, but they were dangerous and disgracefully low-paying. As Wilson told me once, "Our world …
De-extinction science has a downside
… may another sister take my place." I won't be upset if her genetic material is different from mine, either. I don't want to live forever. I do want to live as long as I can as happily as I …
Exploring Christian and Jewish connections at Easter
… morning, they would end their program by saying, "You go to your church, and I'll go to mine, but we can all walk along together." They should have added temple or synagogue, but I …