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VIEWPOINT: Stop Hate, Satanic or Otherwise

VIEWPOINT: Stop Hate, Satanic or Otherwise

By Gregory Brew November 3, 2023

On Monday, Oct. 16, the Georgetown Lecture Fund hosted the founders of the Satanic Temple, Lucien Greaves and Malcolm Jarry. The event, titled “Atheism and Activism,” drew immense criticism from Georgetown’s...

VIEWPOINT: A Narrative View of Catholicism

By Connor Hartigan November 11, 2022

What does it mean, from a Catholic perspective, to have faith? How should we conceive of our relationship with God, and how should this understanding inform our conduct and our outlook on our lives? In...

VIEWPOINT: Strengthening My Spiritual Voice

By Channing Lee November 10, 2022

Like many prospective students interested in international affairs, I initially chose Georgetown University for its world-renowned School of Foreign Service (SFS). I knew it was a Jesuit institution,...

BAZAIL-EIMIL: Embrace Post-Vatican II Reform

BAZAIL-EIMIL: Embrace Post-Vatican II Reform

By Eric Bazail-Eimil September 23, 2021

At the close of the Second Vatican Council, Saint Paul VI, remarked, “never before perhaps, so much as on this occasion, has the Church felt the need to know, to draw near to, to understand, to penetrate,...

BAZAIL-EIMIL: Change Christian Discourse on Divorce

BAZAIL-EIMIL: Change Christian Discourse on Divorce

By Eric Bazail-Eimil September 9, 2021

There’s a scene in the series finale of “How I Met Your Mother” I’ve found myself considering a lot lately, in which, spoiler alert, Barney Stinson reflects on the end of his marriage to Robin...

BAZAIL-EIMIL:  Resist Ideological Litmus Tests in Catholicism

BAZAIL-EIMIL: Resist Ideological Litmus Tests in Catholicism

By Eric Bazail-Eimil July 27, 2021

Communion. Eucharist. The body and blood. It goes by many names, but Communion is one of the cornerstones of Catholic religious life. For Catholics, bread and wine are not just liturgically symbolic foods,...

CHARCAS: Reclaiming Autonomy in Faith Formation

CHARCAS: Reclaiming Autonomy in Faith Formation

By Andrea Charcas November 29, 2018

My identity as a woman of faith was once determined by the men in my life. My uncles, my grandpa — even my own father. These men had tattoos of the Virgin Mary on their chests, wore chains engrained...

METZGER: Why the Catholic Church Needs Feminism

METZGER: Why the Catholic Church Needs Feminism

By MyLan Metzger November 7, 2018

Studying Christian theology has given me both hope and disappointment concerning the treatment of women in the Catholic Church. I have been inspired and moved by the mystical writing of medieval women,...

NGUYEN: In Choir, A Chance to Find Gods Voice

NGUYEN: In Choir, A Chance to Find God’s Voice

By Truc Nguyen September 27, 2018

Before coming to college, my faith felt like an obligation. I come from a long line of Catholics who taught me belief in God was a necessity — and anything short of complete faith would guarantee damnation....

GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY | The honorary degree held by former Washington, D.C. Archbishop and Cardinal Theodore McCarrick was revoked by Georgetown on Tuesday after Pope Francis removed McCarrick from the priesthood for sexual abuse Saturday. Georgetown has never previously rescinded an honorary degree, according to University President John J. DeGioia.

University Considering Action Against Cardinal McCarrick

By Meena Morar September 7, 2018

Georgetown University President John J. DeGioia criticized Catholic leadership for its complicity in recently surfaced sexual assault scandals in an email on Tuesday. DeGioia’s email addressed a...

HOWELL: Keep H*yas for Choice Unrecognized

By Richard Howell March 28, 2018

Georgetown University prides itself on facilitating dialogue among a variety of passionately held and often contradictory views, a truth confirmed by a stroll through Red Square. In line with this spirit...

SEGELSTEIN: Our Essential Suffering

SEGELSTEIN: Our Essential Suffering

By Jack Segelstein March 24, 2017

The first day of Lent is perhaps the busiest day of the year for Dahlgren Chapel. Far more Hoyas come to Mass on Ash Wednesday than attend weekly Sunday service, even though only the latter is morally...

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