Recent Editorial

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  Francis effect growing among seminarians

  May 20, 2016

  The Pope Francis effect? Some express hope, others dread, still more argue that day-to-day church life is business-as- usual, with little change.

  
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  Pope on women

  May 13, 2016

  Pope Francis has done it again. He’s spoken out forcefully in defence of women, saying they deserve more respect all over the world.

  
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  Work towards integral solidarity

  May 13, 2016

  In his lengthy, wide-spread speech, Pope Francis echoed ideas similar to those he expressed during his Nov. 25, 2014 visit to Strasbourg where he spoke to both the European Parliament and Council, urging a “grandmother Europe” go back to her foundational values.

  
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  ‘I have a dream’ for Europe, says Pope

  May 13, 2016

  As he received the prestigious Charlemagne Prize Friday, Pope Francis laid out his vision for a renewed European continent in what could easily be his own version of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s infamous “I Have a Dream” speech.

  
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  Muslim theology faculties develop an ‘Islam for Germany’

  May 06, 2016

  While Germany's politicians are loudly debating whether Islam is compatible with democracy, five of its state universities are quietly developing pioneering new Islamic theology faculties to try to ensure that it is.

  
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  Amoris Laetitia affirms values of Asian families

  May 06, 2016

  I see the Apostolic Exhortation as a reaffirmation of Asian, Indian family values firmly rooted in our cultures.

  
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  Vatican conference urges church to abandon just war theory

  May 02, 2016

  Facing a horrible, violent death, Jesus taught the first leaders of his church to respond to violence with peace.

  
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  The Francis Gaze

  May 02, 2016

  One of the parlor games of Catholic philosophers is placing a philosophical tag on the thought of various popes.

  
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  The ecclesiology behind Amoris Laetitia

  Apr 22, 2016

  Pope Francis’ apostolic exhortation on love in the family, Amoris Laetitia, is a landmark document in the history of modern papal teaching in how it approaches the hot-button issues of marriage and sexuality and, even more so, in its vision of the Church.

  
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  Pope Francis says media misses the real family crisis in coverage of communion and divorce

  Apr 22, 2016

  Pope Francis has said that the family is in crisis, and that is a much bigger issue than communion for the divorced and remarried. He suggested the news media had focused too much on the latter issue during the synod and in coverage of his recent document on the family.