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What did we learn from the midterms' split decision?
This article appears in the 2018 Midterm Elections feature series. View the full series. 20181107T1035-21991-CNS-MIDTERM-ELECTIONS-LOS-ANGELES crop.jpg Voters mark their ballots at Assumption Catholic...
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In the face of sex abuse, the church should rethink the sacrament of...
20180829T1501-19824-CNS-HEALING-ABUSE-ILLINOIS.jpg A woman administers ashes on the forehead of Father Brad Zamora during a prayer service for repentance and healing for clergy sexual abuse which...
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With failed Baltimore meeting, the church is at a stalemate
20181121T0738-2509-CNS-POPE-AUDIENCE-COMMANDMENTS-COVET.jpg Pope Francis walks near a crucifix during his general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Nov. 21. (CNS photo/Paul Haring) What a...
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Trumpism may not be here to stay after all
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A new level of information on Trump validates action
Rawpixel c.jpg (Unsplash/Rawpixel) The country now needs to consider impeachment.In a court filing from the Southern District of New York, President Donald Trump's lawyer, Michael Cohen, is said to...
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Light a candle in the darkness
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Impeachment is a process, and it is already underway
womens march 2018 CROP.jpg Women's March on Washington, Jan. 20, 2018 (Wikimedia Commons/Ted Eytan) Jan. 3 marked the start of a new Congress. It happens every two years. It is not that big a deal, and...
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Open the government, release the 'hostages'
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The church needs Vatican III
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We need to ensure there are no more government shutdowns
20190110T1616-0582-CNS-USA-SHUTDOWN.jpg Federal air traffic controller union members protest the partial U.S. federal government shutdown Jan. 10 in Washington. (CNS photo/Reuters/Jonathan Ernst) Just...
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Democratic Party needs Joe Biden to run for president
BidenJan212019.jpg Former Vice President Joe Biden speaks Jan. 21 in Washington at the National Action Network Martin Luther King Jr. Day Breakfast. (Wikimedia Commons/AFGE) Competence. Experience....
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Will anything change after the Vatican meeting on abuse?
This article appears in the Vatican Abuse Summit feature series. View the full series. 20190222T0726-24771-CNS-ABUSE-VATICAN-PROTEST resize.jpg A woman demonstrates inside the headquarters of the...
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To impeach or not impeach
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What will this country be like after four more years of President Trump?
20190321T1647-1869-CNS-USA-TRUMP.jpg President Donald Trump speaks at the White House March 21, 2019, during a signing ceremony for an executive order to "improve transparency and promote free speech...
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The church has picked up too much baggage over the centuries
20190421T0831-19-CNS-POPE-EASTER-SUNDAY resize.jpg Easter Mass in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican April 21 (CNS/Paul Haring) It is difficult to discuss conditions in the institutional church today. I...
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