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Georgetown Law helps Texas diocese fight border wall

Jan 30, 2019

In a fight to prevent a section of the border wall from being built on diocesan land, a Texas diocese is being assisted by the Georgetown University Law Center’s Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection (ICAP), in Washington, DC.

By Christine Rousselle

Most U.S. bishops say they would ordain women deacons, if Vatican gives OK

Jan 22, 2019

A new study found that a majority of U.S. bishops are skeptical of the theoretical possibility of women deacons.

By Christopher White

Dolan blames ‘flawed understanding of the human person’ for Roe v. Wade

Jan 19, 2019

Cardinal Timothy Dolan headlined the Cardinal O’Connor Conference at Georgetown University on Saturday.

By Christopher White

Panelists talk about fighting abortion, ‘resisting a throwaway culture’

Jan 17, 2019

Abortion not only goes against the dignity of every living being and is rooted in violence and misogynistic notions of male superiority, but political solutions, in the current divided climate, can be troublesome as well.

By Kurt Jensen

Catholic social teaching held up in efforts to overcome polarization

Dec 29, 2018

Pope Francis’s repeated invitations to practice mercy and charity have become the focus of efforts to defuse the widespread polarization that has wracked society and has crossed into Catholic circles.

By Dennis Sadowski

Panel says however you slice it, faith matters in US politics

Nov 21, 2018

During a discussion on Monday sponsored by the Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life on “Faith and the Faithful in the Midterm Elections,” executive director John Carr said it would be a mistake to ignore the influence faith holds over voters when they head to the polls.

By Christopher White