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Set the Table Before the Argument: Hospitality as a Moral Act in Catholic Christian Care
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Set the Table Before the Argument: Hospitality as a Moral Act in Catholic Christian Care

A recent commentary in the National Catholic Register argues that Catholics must look beyond disagreement to find common ground — beginning, of all places, at dinner. The claim is modest in form but carries real anthropological weight: the shared meal is a site of genuine human encounter, not merely a social courtesy. What holds for civic life holds equally in the counselor's office, the spiritual direction room, and anywhere else a Catholic Christian understanding of the person shapes how two people meet.

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When a Nation Implodes: Haiti, Disordered Power, and the Catholic Case for Integral Development

When a Nation Implodes: Haiti, Disordered Power, and the Catholic Case for Integral Development

Gangs now control roughly 90% of Port-au-Prince, drone attacks on civilians have risen 120% in one year, and more than 1,200 people have been killed by improvised explosive devices in 2025 alone. Haiti's collapse is not an accident of geography or bad luck. It is the predictable outcome of what happens when self-interest displaces the common good at every level of a society — and Catholic social thought has named this mechanism for over a century.

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Set the Table Before the Argument: Hospitality as a Moral Act in Catholic Christian Care

A recent commentary in the National Catholic Register argues that Catholics must look beyond disagreement to find common ground — beginning, of all places, at dinner. The claim is modest in form but carries real anthropological weight: the shared meal is a site of genuine human encounter, not merely a social courtesy. What holds for civic life holds equally in the counselor's office, the spiritual direction room, and anywhere else a Catholic Christian understanding of the person shapes how two people meet.

Discernment of Spirits: An Ignation Guide for Clinical Practice

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Bubble Trouble: What the 'No Contact' Surge Tells Clinicians About Individualism and the Fractured Person

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