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Mullally’s leadership teaches the Church
A reparative justice pilgrimage becomes a lens for rethinking how Catholic communities welcome neurodiverse believers into full church life.
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The delusion of divine insurance
Prosperity theology sells comfort as guaranteed, while its opposite glorifies suffering as automatically redemptive. Neither reflects the biblical record honestly.
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Bigger crowds, same loneliness
Cities were supposed to bring people closer together. Instead, they’ve perfected distance, keeping everyone somewhere else.
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Global child hunger hides in plain sight
Malnutrition affects tens of millions of children globally, with devastating, lifelong consequences for health and development.
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What kind of God do you believe in?
How people picture God, whether holy and remote or passionate and present, quietly shapes the kind of life they try to live.
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The missing priests
Therapists, celebrants, and influencers have picked up pieces of the priest’s job, but none of them hold a community’s whole life together.
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Priest’s porch confrontation says more than his sermon
A furious reaction to a climate homily uncovers a troubling divide between believing and genuine critical thinking.
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An “eye for an eye”?
A path away from retaliation. Revenge, whether personal or national, only breeds more bloodshed.
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Youth grappling with democracy
A protest sparked by education grievances grew into a nationwide reckoning over what democracy truly requires of citizens.
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AI helped me see an old symbol differently
Editing a photo with AI unexpectedly triggers a personal reckoning with religious struggle and identity.
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