Justice
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How much is a human being worth?
Roman executions were staged to strip the condemned of their humanity. A livestreamed firing squad would have repeated that ancient, dehumanising choreography.
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Twenty-five years of freedom, a lifetime of memory
Lost parents, missing neighbours and survivors of torture shape a young nation whose people radiate peace and a glimpse of reconciliation between two nations bound by painful history.
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A recalibration in Catholic moral teaching
Justice, equality and religious freedom outrank sexual ethics, Pope Leo told reporters in April, quietly reshaping Catholic moral priorities.
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Social contract: Escaping the technocratic trap
When efficiency and profit outrank compassion, people become data points. Cardinal McElroy insists that work means agency, relationship and contribution.
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Safeguarding must be a culture, not a checklist
Reporting mandates and national guidelines set the minimum. Lasting protection for children means reconciling Church culture with the mind of Christ.
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Ultimately abusive power never wins
Babylon called its violence holy, and Genesis called it folly. The pattern still repeats wherever power wraps cruelty in sacred language.
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When questions get louder than fear, power starts to listen
Citizens who once stayed quiet now press leaders with hard questions, and a government unused to accountability has begun to respond.
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The Church — a test of Christ’s compassion
Compassion takes shape in ordinary human lives, in small acts of presence that make divine love something people can touch.
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Stories of suffering need more than outrage
Personal stories keep policy human, but they can hide trade-offs, breed self-righteousness and blind us to the imperfection of every system.
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Birthing our own theology
From Anne Boleyn’s forbidden reading to Gisèle Pelicot’s quiet faith, real theology often begins far outside church walls.
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