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The point of Rome
King Charles walked into Congress amid dread and left having threaded a needle. Pope Leo’s doing something similar from Rome.
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Let this silencing law finally die
Some laws aren’t broken so much as expired — kept alive past the purpose they were built to serve, and past their welcome.
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The miracle we keep missing
Tired parents, difficult coworkers doubt and gossip can become places where holiness fits comfortably inside ordinary, unglamorous human circumstances rather than grand spectacle.
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Quick thinking, slow witted
Dictators and demagogues understand a basic human weakness — our preference for neat, simple explanations over messy, complicated realities.
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Holiness is wholeness for modern life
Inner character and outward commitments like solidarity, the common good and care for creation work together, not separately.
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The Mass is for everyone – not just the intellectual few
Diverging approaches to liturgical language deepened tensions between East and West, contributing to the eventual schism of 1054.
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Life formation and viri probati
Flashes writer Justin Stanwix reluctantly recalls a personal push, a decade ago, to seek Vatican approval for ordaining viri probati in Australia.
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Racism speaks — Church and World must listen
Structural racism, papal apology, and one priest’s story converge to ask the Church to listen without defensiveness or excuse.
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Synodality’s promise meets hierarchical pushback
A church in crisis responds saying no to a genuine need and recommends more kneeling.
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The stranger has become the patient with no clinic
An ancient parable gets a modern diagnosis, stretching the definition of neighbor to reach across borders, poverty lines, and pandemics.
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