Theology
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JD Vance’s conversion: politics and Catholicism don’t mix
Baptized in 2019, Vance frames his Catholic conversion around Bonhoeffer’s “cheap grace” concept while his politics tell another story.
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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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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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Should Gay men be priests?
A new church-life study reopens whether gay men with same-sex attraction can enter seminaries and become priests.
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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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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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Lay preaching: it’s not who preaches — it’s who’s heard
The German bishops wanted to promote the lay homily. It was of no use: the liturgy dicastery rejected the request – and made it clear where it sees the place of laypeople in the liturgy.
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What would victory over Iran actually involve?
Ancient warnings about unchecked power and justice offer a sobering lens on today’s push for regime change.
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