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Posts in Current Events
Competing National Visions: Israelis, Palestinians, and the Quest for Homeland
People are not born hating each other, and relations between nations and ethnicities are constantly changing and evolving. Poor knowledge of recent world history has led to Americans falling back on harmful stereotypes of the peoples of the Middle East, and to a complete misunderstanding of the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians.
Catholics Need to Learn how to Deal With Disagreements. St. Peter Faber Can Help.
St. Peter Faber is a model for how Catholics can approach disagreements in a more Christian way.
My Catholic Faith Pushed Me to Adopt an Almost Vegan Diet
The Catholic Church condemns animal cruelty. Does our consumption of animal products violate this teaching?
Can Artificial Intelligence Replicate the Mystery of Human Conversation?
A conversation between friends reveals positive potential and possible pitfalls of machines that socialize like humans.
Responding to Bishop Barron: Racism, Not Postmodernism, is the Reason for the Abyss.
Bishop Barron says an abyss has developed between religion and protest movements since the 1960s and sees postmodern philosophy as the cause. However, the divide, which is not new, is more complex than that and its cause is not postmodernism, but racism.
Decisión de la Corte Suprema sobre DACA: Esperanza Incierta para los Dreamers
La opinión de la Corte Suprema ofrece un alivio temporal para los jóvenes inmigrantes. Hace falta legislación para una solución permanente.
Would They Really Ordain Married Men?
Some Context on the Coming Pan-Amazonian Synod
Another Sort of Teaching
Fr. James Schall, SJ was anything but an ordinary teacher.
Black History Month is for Everyone
Be Open and Bold: It Is Not Too Late to Learn Our American History.