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Why Some ‘Catholic’ Media Constantly Attack the Pope and Hunt for Supposed Heretics

via Crux: The rise of media that call themselves Catholic but seem to exist only to judge others is less about criticizing Pope Francis and more about the misguided notion that to affirm one’s own orthodoxy, one must find someone to label a heretic, said a Vatican communications official. Andrea Tornielli, the new editorial director… Read More Why Some ‘Catholic’ Media Constantly Attack the Pope and Hunt for Supposed Heretics

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Super Bowl Ad Highlights the Importance of a Free Press and Brave Journalists

via the Washington Post: The Washington Post debuted its first Super Bowl commercial — a message underscoring the importance of newsgathering and the dangers journalists can face — during Sunday’s game between the New England Patriots and the Los Angeles Rams…. The advertisement briefly showed several slain and missing journalists affiliated with The Post and… Read More Super Bowl Ad Highlights the Importance of a Free Press and Brave Journalists

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Anti-Government Ideology and Hypocrisy Undermines the Common Good

EJ Dionne writes: Our core problem is a dogmatic antigovernment attitude…that arose in the 1970s and ’80s. This makes it impossible for us to have a constructive debate about what government is for, what tasks it should take on and what good it actually does. In truth, the whole antigovernment thing is fundamentally fraudulent. So… Read More Anti-Government Ideology and Hypocrisy Undermines the Common Good

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Social Media Friendships Might Be More Special Than We Realize

At Grotto Network, Millennial editor Robert Christian writes: When distorted by hyper-individualism, being authentic can become associated with things that are superficial and ephemeral, behavior and preferences that are unrelated to who a person is at their core — their deepest values and the unique position that each occupies in the world of persons. A… Read More Social Media Friendships Might Be More Special Than We Realize

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Cardinal Joe: Trump’s Immoral Wall Threatens Lives, Is Based on Lies and Anti-Immigrant Agenda

Cardinal Joseph Tobin writes: A wall would probably drive them into more remote areas of the desert or mountains, possibly to their deaths, as the forces driving them — violence, persecution and extreme poverty — are more life threatening than a risky border crossing. In fact, close to 8,000 migrants have died in Arizona and… Read More Cardinal Joe: Trump’s Immoral Wall Threatens Lives, Is Based on Lies and Anti-Immigrant Agenda

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