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Vatican’s ‘Dignitas Infinita’ challenges us with radical consistency
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Vatican’s ‘Dignitas Infinita’ challenges us with radical consistency

To those more familiar with Pope Francis from headlines and Fr. James Martin clips, the Catholic Church’s outright condemnation of surrogacy, euthanasia, and gender theory as grave violations of human dignity may come as a surprise. But it shouldn’t.  Pope Francis was in the news again last week with the Vatican’s release of “Dignitas Infinita,”...

Campus likes ‘Truman and Claire like people’
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Campus likes ‘Truman and Claire like people’

With questions like “Who do you love the least?”, “Favorite fundie?”, and “Worst grade you’ve received at Hillsdale?”, Greeks, athletes, and fundies overcome their differences on a new radio show that features the sects and stereotypes of campus Airing on the radio every Tuesday, “Truman and Claire Like People” features a different guest every week....

What the Right gets wrong about dating and marriage
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What the Right gets wrong about dating and marriage

If Charlie Kirk is right, the clock is ticking: Get married before your 30th birthday or your bloodline dies with you.  The right-wing commentator made a stir online with his recent comments on the right age for women to get married. “In their early 30s, they get really upset, because they say, you know, ‘The...

Celebrating Easter in the eternal city
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Celebrating Easter in the eternal city

Smoke billowed up into the Mediterranean sky, just as the first stars began to pierce through the gentle dusk. Hushed, we crowded around the Paschal bonfire, candles in hand, eager for the Easter vigil to begin.  Like many Hillsdale students, my Holy Saturday was one of prayer, community, and — at long last — celebration....

The pro-life case against in vitro fertilization
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The pro-life case against in vitro fertilization

Tiny, lifeless children on a lab floor: Did they die from the force of the impact, or when they came to room temperature? Either way, they never knew the warmth of a womb.  When several couples sued a fertility clinic in Alabama claiming the wrongful death of their frozen embryos in December 2020, the state’s...