Many arguments against migration suggest that only certain groups of people (the “blood”) are suitable to live on this land (the “soil”) and that only those belonging to those groups are true Americans. This is intellectually refined Trumpism—it is also immoral and un-American.
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Christians are called to accompany—not objectify—disabled people
How often, upon seeing a disabled person, do we jump in to help? And how often is our unsolicited help actually disruptive? Real accompaniment is different.
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A.I., Dostoevsky and the very human fear of freedom
The danger is not that A.I. will ever “replace” human intelligence but that we will welcome its rule.
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The medieval understanding of intelligence is exactly what we need in the age of A.I.
Exercising restraint in the use of A.I. will require a paradigm shift in how human intelligence is essentially conceived.
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The future of Catholicism in Africa: Looking beyond the numbers
If the remarkable growth of Catholicism in Africa is to remain sustainable in the coming decades, the church will have to pay attention to significant cultural, spiritual and demographic realities.
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Paragraph 176 of ‘Magnifica Humanitas’ and Pope Leo XIV’s apology for the enslavement of African people
“Pope Leo’s formal apology and plea for forgiveness is long overdue,” Bishop Edward Braxton writes. Is it too late for the pope’s words to have an impact?
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Thomas Merton: Monk. Mystic. Existentialist?
A lifetime of re-reading Merton has convinced me that the existential note ringing through his body of work is key, not only to making sense of his wide-ranging thought, but to any real understanding of the man himself.
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Read: Cardinal Grech’s speech on synodality to Pope Leo and the consistory of cardinals
When the Synod on Synodality was launched, few could have imagined the breadth of participation it would inspire, Cardinal Grech said.
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What happens when a society (and a church) stops listening to the elderly
Young people should be looking for ways not only to care for our elders, but to dialogue, have fun, and simply inhabit spaces with them.
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A rare look at Black Catholic life before the Civil War
Even if the Society of the Holy Family did not survive the antebellum period, it showed how a West African-rooted Catholicism could thrive in the United States.