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Illinois Diocese Asks Court to Block Law Requiring It to Hire Nonbelievers

On June 3 the Alliance Defending Freedom, which is representing both the diocese and the pregnancy center, said it had filed suit in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit over the dispute.

The Diocese of Springfield says the state Human Rights Act violates its religious freedom, including the right to hire workers who agree with its religious mission.

Is the Church as Troubled as the SSPX Claims?

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‘St. Peter’

COMMENTARY: While the Catholic Church faces serious difficulties, the situation is not as dire as the SSPX claims. The best counterargument the Church can offer is a renewed focus on the many things that are right with the Church.

Beauteous Truth: Love, Reason and Imagination

Details of Raphael’s “School of Athens” (left) and “Disputation of the Holy Sacrament,” painted between 1509 and 1510, in the Raphael Stanze at the Vatican.

COMMENTARY: An age that can’t think objectively or love self-sacrificially can still be touched by beauty.

The Theology of Presence

Teresa Bayer spends time with the Simpson kids. The two families have forged a tight-knit friendship.

COMMENTARY: It’s as old as the Visitation, and we should learn to practice it.

Women Are Being Left Out of the AI Conversation: Should We Care?

What does the feminine genius have to say about AI?

As the world increasingly turns to the Catholic Church for guidance on the ethical challenges posed by artificial intelligence, is the feminine genius being stifled out of the conversation?