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The third pillar of a decent society is a just system of politics and law. Such a government does not bind all persons, families, institutions of civil society, and actors in the marketplace to itself as subservient features of an all-pervading authority. Instead, it honors and protects the inherent equal dignity of all persons, safeguards the family as the primary school of virtue, and seeks justice through the rule of law.

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assisted suicide

Britain’s Sentimental Suicide 

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The English have lost their ancient grit, and with it, their decency. 
SCOTUS

All Litigation is Death Penalty Litigation 

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If the Court wants to stand apart from the toxic politics of the moment, it needs to focus on where the law leads, not where the DHS flight is headed.  
American politics

Political Ignorance and the New Tragedy of the Commons 

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When it comes to politics, everyone seems fully convinced that they have genuine knowledge. Many even maintain a dogmatic confidence about their political views. What explains this? 
medical aid in dying

Demanding Murder; Needing Heroes

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I do not know what it is like to be bedridden for years. I hope I never will. I also wish I never knew what it meant to live through the disappointments, fears, abandonments, or heartbreaks I’ve already endured. But I am glad nobody suggested to me that those pains were too much to bear.
Catholic Church in Jerusalem

The Church, the Jews, and the Development of Doctrine 

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What is settled is that the Jewish people are beloved by God, that Catholics are spiritual Semites as they are grafted into Israel for their very existence, and that Catholics are committed to listening and learning from the Jewish people as they enjoy God’s covenantal fidelity and love. 

From the Archives: The Pursuit of Happiness Rightly Understood

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The right to the pursuit of happiness is coherent only in the full theological context of the Declaration of Independence.
Obergefell case

The Legacy of Obergefell, Ten Years Later 

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The single most durable legacy of Obergefell, it would seem, is the damage it has done to the culture of marriage and family in the United States. 
Medical aid in dying

New York’s Latest Assault on Human Dignity 

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Genuine compassion calls us to a richer vision of end-of-life care than merely eliminating suffering.
Confessional

Obeying God Rather Than Men 

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In the end, it’s not so much that the Church refuses to comply with such laws as that she cannot comply. It would be contrary to who she is.
Ukraine

The Catholic Church and the Real History of Ukraine 

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The Ukrainian Greek Catholic faithful, both lay and religious, are hard at work helping their country to forge a future worthy of human dignity.
US Department of Education

Dismantling the Department of Education Is Not Enough

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For long-term success in protecting local control of public education, the National Education Association must go.
conservatism in Canada

A Conservatism of Ideals 

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This is the conservatism we need: not nostalgia and anachronistic social conservatism, not progressive liberalism with better branding, but a bold conservatism of clearly articulated ideals for human flourishing.
LDS Church

Moral Agency and Sustainable Liberalism: Rauch’s Proposed Liberal-Christian Alliance

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For believers eager to have a voice in a secular liberal society or simply to find peace and a home in such a society, and thus to avoid dispiriting “polarization,” Rauch’s appeal appears to resonate with a surprising power. 
Cross

The Dynamics of Exemption and Establishment 

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Thinking through the relationship of exemption to political establishment is worthwhile apart from the result in any given case, especially for those of us who are both religious believers and American citizens. 
SCOTUS

Defending Parental Rights in the Modern Age: Pierce v. Society of Sisters at 100

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The natural law account of parental rights is a substantively robust and reason-based position—one that must be defended for all Americans of all faiths and shades of belief.
Child going to school

Faith, Freedom, and Child Formation

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Parents’ authority over their children’s education is being challenged as much today as it was a century ago. Pierce remains a solid basis on which parents can insist on their proper place in the family and society. 
White House

The Progressive Presidency Envelops American Politics 

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One does not need to revisit the drastic consequences that ensued from COVID-19 policies to be reminded of the failures and mistakes of the progressive constitutional framework that issued them.
Crusaders

Dulce et Decorum Est: In Defense of Healthy Patriotism

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The things we’re willing to die for are tied to what we hold as sacred. In fact, the willingness to die for something also consecrates it as sacred. We need to entertain the possibility that love for our country might lead us to sacrifice greatly, even radically, in order to preserve the best that remains in it.
Council of Nicaea

Standing the Test of Time: Conciliarity and Remembering the Council of Nicaea 1700 Years Later

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The Christian community is emboldened to press forward with confidence in discerning what is true and good, through the guidance of the Spirit.
DEI

DEI in Retreat? 

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If the DEI label is losing traction and institutions are substantively evolving, what, if anything, will replace DEI?
Catholic Church

Bishop Barron, the Religious Liberty Commission, and the Transpolitical Mission of the Church

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Bishop Barron's participation in the White House Commission is not in service of a legislative agenda, but of a deeper witness: that religious liberty is not the product of political will, but the recognition of an antecedent truth about the human person. For this he is uniquely well-suited.
President Donald Trump

The Trump Coalition and Its Discontents 

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If nothing else, the ANES data should be yet another reminder that there is no longer any “great silent majority” of socially conservative voters. We are, at best, coalition partners with a political movement that has the tendency to default into a lifestyle libertarianism and the move-fast-and-break-things ethos of the tech bro.  
climate change

Cass Sunstein’s Sledgehammer Approach to “Climate Justice”: A Christian Response

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It is undeniable that the Church calls Christians to aid those who suffer. But real demographic and political realities frame this responsibility.

A Closer Look at Transgender Pronouns within the Military

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So long as the military permits the use of transgender pronouns, it has two basic choices: require their use or leave that use optional. Either choice has consequences for military readiness, given aspects of American society in general and military culture in particular.

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