brazil: corruption as a mode of rule

The second camp was represented, among others, by Brazil’s growing militant trade union movements, the radical left, including those who embraced armed struggle as well as those who had rejected it, and finally the Catholic left organized around liberation theology. ..

solidarity lost

Why I Left the Church...and Returned . . The Catholic Church today is in crisis. ... Why We Left. Why We Stay. . . The Catholic faith is first of all a gift, one a person must choose to keep; the days of Catholicism by default are behind us . . . . . . . . ..

cardinal parolin on post-word war i diplomacy - zenit

Despite this, Benedict XV did not give up the only cards he had left to intervene: the pastoral word in public pronouncements, the mobilization of Catholic public opinion and the presence, at least officious, of his diplomatic representatives. . ... More still: the emotional impetus, the..

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it's bad that the doj is investigating the catholic church. it's worse

But the Catholic Church has left U.S. law enforcement officials with no other option. ... But the Catholic Church has left law enforcement in the United States with no good choice but to get involved directly. ..

catholic social justice

If worker-justice advocates want a dialogue with red America, Catholic social action is one of the few vehicles left . . . . John Gehring interviews Sister Jordan about Paul Ryan’s trickle down economics, the political activism of women religious, and Catholic education . . . . ..

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