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Check out these recent articles from around the web: Tearing down idols: William Cavanaugh’s theology is a must-read for the modern West by Fr. Patrick Gilger: “Because if it is not disenchantment but idolatry that we must beware of, then it is not re-enchantment but sacramentality that will provide the remedy. Countering idolatry, then, means… Read More Around the Web

7 signs of Authoritarianism from Trump’s GOP

Kathleen Bonnette writes: “The Authoritarian Playbook,” a report released in 2022 by the nonpartisan organization Protect Democracy, offers an evaluative framework for answering these questions. It identifies seven tactics through which “would-be authoritarians pursue power” and cause democratic systems to “backslide towards more authoritarian forms of government.” Because modern Western autocrats rarely come to power… Read More 7 signs of Authoritarianism from Trump’s GOP

Millennial Catholic Interviews: Kathleen Bonnette

Kathleen Bonnette is the author of (R)evolutionary Hope: A Spirituality of Encounter and Engagement in an Evolving World. Millennial editor Robert Christian interviewed her on the book, St. Augustine, her life, and faith. Throughout your book (R)evolutionary Hope, St. Augustine seems to play a vital role in your thinking and explanations. When you think about… Read More Millennial Catholic Interviews: Kathleen Bonnette

Why the Death Penalty is Incompatible with Human Dignity

via The Center for Christianity & Public Life: Journalist and Pulitzer Prize Finalist Liz Bruenig sat down with Michael Wear at the Center for Christianity and Public Life’s inaugural summit, For the Good of the Public. The Center for Christianity and Public Life is a nonpartisan institution in Washington D.C. with the mission to contend… Read More Why the Death Penalty is Incompatible with Human Dignity

Pope Francis: Be Wary of ‘Meritocracy’ Used to Legitimize Exclusion

via the Vatican: Second, do not forget the poorest and the discarded. The “circular economy” has become a buzzword, calling for the reuse and recycling of waste. But while we recycle discarded materials and waste, we have not yet learnt – allow me the expression – to “recycle” and not discard people, workers, especially the… Read More Pope Francis: Be Wary of ‘Meritocracy’ Used to Legitimize Exclusion

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Check out these recent articles from around the web: What’s Behind America’s Loneliness Crisis? by Ian Marcus Corbin: “The lonely will scramble for community, even if it requires believing or doing terrible things. No app or lifehack or doctor’s appointment is going to save us here. If the American experiment is going to survive the… Read More Around the Web