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One neglected reason that Catholics cannot be nationalists (in the ideological sense of taking the modern “nation-state” as the supreme political ideal) is not only that we have a higher spiritual fidelity than the nation-state, but that we can be said to have a higher political loyalty as well. This was made apparent to me…

When a crisis strikes, people react in many different ways, with varying degrees of fruitfulness. Some are prone to emotional outburst, an understandable but ultimately unhelpful option. Social media has made this kind of response all the more tempting, and the mudslinging that often results is on display for all to wince at. If impulsively…

I haven’t been following the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage, which began two months ago from the Northern, Southern, Eastern, and Western parts of the United States. It wasn’t until I saw a picture online of the stadium in Indianapolis (where the pilgrims from the four corners of the U.S. converged) packed with over 50,000 Catholics for…