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Making Prayer a Political Problem Once Again

September 23, 2021 Dr. Christopher Shannon 4

In 1965, the Church finally made peace with modern politics through Dignitatis Humanae, the Second Vatican Council’s statement on religious freedom. The meaning of religious freedom and the nature of Catholic politics within a pluralist […]

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Does Catholic political idealism make sense?

November 8, 2017 James Kalb 9

Many have insisted that one ideal or another is specially suited to Catholicism, or perhaps even demanded by the Faith. But is that really the […]

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