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Us vs. the Robots
Pope Leo invites us to discern the Christian principles that must guide practical decisions about AI. Notre Dame's DELTA framework does just that.
Book Tour or Campaign Stump?
When J. D. Vance discusses his faith journey, he is careful not to offend any constituencies he may need in a presidential run.
Dots on a Map
In the third and final episode of “The City and the Cross,” host and inaugural Centennial Fellow Aaron Robertson reckons with what was truly lost in Detroit’s 1989 parish closures and asks whether the Catholic Church is any more committed to its Black congregants today. 
The City and the Cross
podcastU.S. Catholicism
In this three-part narrative podcast series, inaugural Centennial Fellow Aaron Robertson chronicles the rise, erosion, and defiant survival of Black Catholic Detroit. 
You Could Do Worse
MoviesCulture
Spielberg’s ‘Disclosure Day’ feels insubstantial and surprisingly slight. It's still better than most of what moviegoers are being offered these days.
A Missing Dimension
Pope Leo XIVTheologyLatin AmericaPope Benedict XVI
When Greg Grandin reduces Gustavo Gutiérrez and Pope Benedict XVI to political figures, he neglects what's most important about their work.
Beyond Couch and Clinic
FarewellHigher Education
The late Robert Coles spent years meeting subjects where they were, from the first integrated classrooms to migrant farms to the Appalachian mountains.
Innocence & Impotence
War and PeaceTechnologyForeign Affairs
We are a people constantly at war and yet rarely in the crosshairs, using technology to offload the moral weight of our violent conflicts.
Waidmannslust
FictionForeign Affairs
"There is always the risk that we will forget we are merely playing pretend and begin living inside our own fictions."
Whatever Happened to Synodality?
SynodalitySexual-abuse CrisisU.S. Catholicism
If their latest meeting is any indication, U.S. bishops may be letting synodality fade—even on issues as important as the abuse crisis.
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Why the West?
'No, But I Skimmed It'
Whatever Happened to Synodality?
The Wounded Walker
Can the Church Reconnect With Europe?
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Economy

The Ownerist Society
Christening Mammon
The U.S. Fuel Blockage Against Cuba
Learning to Love the Free Market

Vatican

Can the Church Reconnect with Europe?
Christening Mammon
A Catholic Affirmation of Liberal Democracy
‘No to War!’

International

A New Era of Drone Warfare
Trump's Killing Spree at Sea
A World Government?
Does International Law Have a Future?

Archive

Joseph Flipper on Soccer's Theological Virtues (2016)
Michael Murray on 'The Battle of the Sexes' (1973)
Dan Barry on Sunday Pick-up Basketball (2012)