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'This Is Our Opera'

A conversation with Jake Heggie, the composer who adapted the story of Sr. Helen Prejean's work against capital punishment as an opera.

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Patients Over Profits

Reining in the pharmaceutical industry is an important step toward making health care more affordable for everyone.

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Autoworkers Stand Up

Striking autoworkers resist an economy designed to make the rich richer no matter the cost.

September 23, 2023

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A Church Against Science?

Science’s threat to faith is actually no threat at all.

By Tom Verde

September 23, 2023

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Do Catholic Colleges Have a Future?

How should Catholic colleges and universities navigate the clash between neoliberalism and the common-good vision of Catholic social teaching?

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September 21, 2023

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How Not to Defend Liberalism

Technocratic neoliberalism is not the rightful heir of the liberal tradition, but an anti-democratic distortion of it.

By Alexander Stern

September 14, 2023

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Bringing Mass to a Migrant Camp

“In a migrant camp, liturgy is an act of bricolage.”

By Susan Bigelow Reynolds

September 1, 2023

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Dancing Around Death

A new exhibit brings together Tibetan Buddhist and European Christian art, inviting visitors to ponder their ambivalence surrounding death.

By Xiao Situ

September 14, 2023

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Helen Keller, Christian Socialist

Helen Keller's public image is benignly inspiring. A new book digs into her identity as a radical Leftist whose politics were rooted in her faith.

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September 13, 2023

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