Theology
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Rubio’s Athens speech and the widening Atlantic
As the Trump administration binds Christianity to Western civilization and an “America First” vision, the Vatican under Pope Leo XIV resists, defending a global Church against becoming a tool of empire.
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When caring for the disadvantaged is called meddling
A split-up view of faith praises nice spiritual thoughts while treating climate change and concerns for the disadvantaged as political interference.
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A vision bigger than a handful of dust
Christianity sees human life stretching beyond time and space. It’s hard to argue that a view ending in dust is somehow greater.
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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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Claiming public space: who gets left out?
Christianity, indigenous spirituality and secular values compete for public space. Compliance divides us, and connection is what holds us together.
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Most homilies need a rewrite
Paul reduced the whole law to 39 words. Preachers who can’t say what they mean briefly may not know what they mean.
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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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Is the Church’s case against gay sex biblical?
Genesis 19 is ambiguous, the Gospels are silent on homosexuality, and the wider Bible ties Sodom to hostility toward guests.
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Thinking beyond the box
Secular culture hasn’t erased the search for meaning; it has simply changed the language believers must learn to speak.
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