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In the Catholic church, marriage is considered one of the seven sacraments—so it comes with a lot of theological import attached. Because of this, the process of getting married within the church can be quite long and complex.
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The Catholic Church’s principles on immigration have their roots in scripture, tradition, and magisterial teaching. Both the Hebrew scriptures and Christian scriptures reiterate the moral obligation to “welcome the stranger.”
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How should one who wishes to travel ethically think about economics, sustainability, and culture?

Does your faith shape how you travel?

Is it even ethical to travel in the first place? Take our reader survey here, and share your thoughts.
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While key Catholic leaders call the church and the culture to nonviolence, what this means in practice can become complicated. How can we implement nonviolence in a way that avoids the problematic practices associated with some movements past and present?
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The burdens of AI's harms—pollution, water scarcity—are not equally shared. Since many data centers are built in economically vulnerable rural areas, already disadvantaged communities are disproportionately affected.
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During the Cold War, as studios faced threats from Congress regarding individuals accused of left-wing affiliation, they banished hundreds of actors, writers, and directors from employment. Now, many Palestinian films struggle to find U.S. distributors.
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The Sacred Heart and devotion to it are not inaccessible to queer Catholics. In fact, queer Catholics' experience of marginalization in the church and society may allow us a distinct and valuable insight into how Christ’s heart beats, into who God is.
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In 'Magnifica Humanitas' Leo envisions humanity working together at the “construction site of hope,” where “coexistence and peace” are built through direct political action, albeit in “slower, less visible, and less spectacular” ways.
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We are made in the image of the Trinity—and this means love.

Angelo Kurbanali reflects on the readings for the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity.
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On this episode of Glad You Asked, the hosts talked to three guests from different backgrounds and Christian affiliations about what young people want from the church.
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If we only use only male language for God, this furthers a notion that males are more god-like than females. Yet Genesis makes it clear that men and women are both made in God’s image.
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Call for papers!

The scope of this Special Issue is the Christian heritage and the experience of a believing community.

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Throughout history, various movements have sought to suppress people who don’t fit in narrow, approved boxes. Such movements always arise out of fear, and end in horror. How much richer life is when we cultivate curiosity, humility, and affection.
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Communion is not a vague symbol but a tangible blessing of nourishment for real bodies in a real and hurting world. After all, Jesus gave his friends the sacrament of communion to sustain them for the pending horrors of state violence and trauma.
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How should one who wishes to travel ethically think about economics, sustainability, and culture? Is it even ethical to travel in the first place? Take our reader survey.
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Not only is hell trauma widespread, but many people who reexamine and deconstruct some of their beliefs realize how the teaching is weaponized to promote certain identities, usually at the expense of marginalized groups.
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Pope Leo's first encyclical points us back 135 years to the previous Pope Leo's groundbreaking social document Rerum Novarum, which established a framework for talking about labor, the economy, and the rights of workers—including the right to unionize.
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'Magnifica Humanitas' responds to new technological challenges in the era of artificial intelligence, building on the church’s tradition of prioritizing human dignity as a core moral principle when addressing labor, the economy, and social issues.
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"The relevance of 'Marcel on the Train' is apparent and sad. As a French Nazi officer knocked on the train car door demanding to see everyone’s papers, I was uncomfortably aware of how many of my neighbors live in constant fear of this today."
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Memorial Day could be most valuable for ordinary Americans. A day set aside to remember what war is and does could be useful for a people that has not been intimate with war.
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