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Bone chapels and their strange art

In catacombs, crypts, and ossuaries, I’ve seen the ugliness of death transformed into something beautiful.

Bridging the ideological divide

It isn’t easy to lower the temperature of our political discourse. But there are people working to help us have better conversations.

Gustavo Gutiérrez accompanied God’s suffering people

The father of liberation theology endured much criticism, but he lived to see his groundbreaking work transform the church.

Can we save democracy in the United States?

I grew up in Taiwan and Argentina. Here’s what I know about authoritarianism.

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