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Why India Needs Fewer Farmers

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A Whip of Cords

How Christians have used the story of Christ and the money changers as a justification for violence

By Phil Klay

May 2, 2022

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Ukraine, the Vatican, and Vatican II

Russia’s invasion challenges the benevolent assumptions of the Vatican II worldview.

April 29, 2022

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An Antidote to Despair

Liberation theology shaped Paul Farmer’s quest to make medicine more human.

April 28, 2022

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Rome on Mission

Pope Francis’ reform of the Roman Curia is another step towards a synodal Church.

By Austen Ivereigh

April 27, 2022

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A Ceasefire in Yemen

The United States has contributed to the humanitarian catastrophe in Yemen. We have a moral duty to make sure that children do not starve there as a result.

By Regina Munch

April 26, 2022

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Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s film, ‘Memoria,’ honors slow changes and the overlap of the material and spiritual worlds.

By Robert Rubsam

April 25, 2022

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‘At Least Take the Bodies’

Russia’s refusal to repatriate its unburied dead underscores the inhumanity of the Putin regime.

By Rita Ferrone

May 4, 2022

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When Timing Is Paramount

If Roe is overturned, the USCCB must be ready to emphasize a culture of life that protects and empowers vulnerable women.

By Peter Steinfels

May 9, 2022

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A Whip of Cords

How Christians have used the story of Christ and the money changers as a justification for violence

By Phil Klay

May 2, 2022

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The Exquisitist

Shirley Hazzard’s stories show all that aesthetic sensibility can do—and all it can’t.

By Paul J. Griffiths

April 20, 2022

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The Attack on Ukraine

As the crisis in Ukraine continues, we’re featuring articles on the war and what could be to come for Ukrainians and the world as a whole.

By The Editors

March 25, 2022