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Back in 1978, when the College of Cardinals selected Karol Wojtyla to lead the Catholic Church, he began his pontificate with the message... Read More

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The Hillbilly Thomists

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Should the Church Rethink the Merits of Free Markets?

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One Congregation. Two Countries.

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The Supreme Court's Big Announcements on Religion

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Our Spiritual Opioid Crisis

David Deaval, National Review

Religion, Marx said, is the opiate of the masses. But some drugs are better than others. The religion of our day, writes political... Read More

Huck Finn the Murderer and Modern Outrage

Kelly Franklin, Catholic World Report

It's time to admit we're addicted to outrage. Other people are just so darn wicked. Or liberal. Or racist. Or tacky. Our political leaders... Read More

A Letter from Brazil

Ernesto Araújo, The New Criterion

"I am very worried; he talked too much about God." So said a prominent Brazilian political commentator on TV after hearing... Read More

The PA Grand-Jury Report: Not What It Seems

Peter Steinfels, Commonweal

August 15 is the Feast of the Assumption, a “holy day of obligation,” when Catholics are expected to attend Mass. This year... Read More

Tulsi Gabbard Rightly Blasts Dems' "Religious Bigotry"

Quin Hillyer, DC Examiner

In a stunning act of political courage, Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, D-Hawaii, effectively accused two of her own party's senators of religious... Read More

How Pope Francis Must Change in 2019

Elizabeth Bruenig, Salt Lake Tribune

Pope Francis did not have the year he thought he was going to have. Read More

American, Israeli Jews Headed for a Messy Breakup

Jonathan Weisman, NYT

The events of the past year brought American and Israeli Jews ever closer to a breaking point. President Trump, beloved in Israel and... Read More

The History Behind Today's Church Leadership Crisis

Bronwen McShea, First Things

In Before Church and State, Andrew Willard Jones describes a time when Christendom's lay rulers were leaders in building the City of God.... Read More

When Buddhism Came to America

Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily

“American Buddhism” can mean a lot of different things, from silent retreats geared toward tech CEOs to longstanding... Read More

Evangelicals Seek Detente With Mideast Muslim Leaders

Jerome Socolovsky, NPR

In recent months, evangelical Christian leaders have been traveling to the Middle East to meet with rulers of Islamic countries and with... Read More

3 Books That Teach About Islam

Kathy Schiffer, National Catholic Register

For four years historic Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Syracuse, New York, stood empty – the victim of changing demographics and... Read More

An Internment Camp for 10 Million Uyghurs

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On September 9, Human Rights Watch published a report detailing the persecution of the Muslim population in China's Xinjiang Uyghur... Read More

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Videos

The Hillbilly Thomists

Buzzfeed

Should the Church Rethink the Merits of Free Markets?

Buzzfeed

One Congregation. Two Countries.

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The Supreme Court's Big Announcements on Religion

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Can Pope Francis' Council of Cardinals Still Deliver on Reform?

By most accounts, Pope Francis was elected with a mandate to reform the Roman Curia, the complex network of dicasteries, commissions and councils charged with the central administrative work of the Catholic Church — a network that, even to insiders and experts, more often resembles a rabbit warren than a well-defined system of governable offices with clear responsibilities.From the beginning Read More

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How Many Mormons Use Marijuana, Anyway?

This fall Utah voters will go the polls to vote on Proposition 2 which, if passed, would legalize medical marijuana in the state. Public opinion polls show the measure to be popular with Utah voters, despite opposition from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which wields considerable influence in Utah's social and political culture.While formally opposi Read More