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Georgetown University’s Newspaper of Record since 1920

The Hoya

Georgetown University’s Newspaper of Record since 1920

The Hoya

VIEWPOINT: Unlearn GU Heteronormativity

VIEWPOINT: Unlearn GU Heteronormativity

By Lori Jang April 23, 2023

I knew Georgetown University from the start was not established for students like me: a person of color, female and queer. After all, it wasn’t until 1969 that the university was fully coed. The prospect...

VIEWPOINT: Empower LGBTQ+ Identity in Religious Understanding

VIEWPOINT: Empower LGBTQ+ Identity in Religious Understanding

By Flanny Flanigan April 21, 2023

I firmly and deeply believe that God is trans. Or queer, or gender-nonconforming in some manner or another. I know and trust this understanding for a variety of reasons, mainly because the divine —...

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: Return to Christianity’s Inclusive Roots

BAZAIL-EIMIL: Return to Christianity’s Inclusive Roots

By Eric Bazail-Eimil June 28, 2021

In the Gospels, Jesus enters the temple in Jerusalem and sees the Pharisees have allowed moneylenders and exchangers to set up tables in the temple courtyard. Infuriated by this degradation of the sacred...

VIEWPOINT: Adopt Religion-Inclusive Language

VIEWPOINT: Adopt Religion-Inclusive Language

By Arjun Badami February 19, 2021

Every holiday season, we all hear about the alleged war on Christmas in the United States. On any social media platform, users are bound to find someone outraged about the use of more inclusive phrases...

TALATI: Battle Wealth Inequality

TALATI: Battle Wealth Inequality

By Haley Talati November 1, 2019

Since the congressional elections of November 2018, a number of young, progressive new legislators have aimed to reshape public discourse surrounding wealth redistribution.  Perhaps most prominently,...

DILLON: Reject Religious Hypocrisy

DILLON: Reject Religious Hypocrisy

By Raymond W. Dillon Jr. October 11, 2019

One of the most significant cultural divides in this country is between those who embrace a more secular basis for public policy and those who believe in a “Christian nation” founded on biblical principles.   I...

WORLD MISSION SOCIETY CHURCH OF GOD | Students are reporting on-campus encounters with individuals proselytizing the religious God the Mother concept, a belief associated with the fringe sect of Christianity called the World Mission Society Church of God.

Fringe Sect of Christianity Encroaches on Campus

By Cady Stanton and Alexandra Bowman January 18, 2019

Multiple Georgetown students have been approached by individuals on campus about the ideological concept of “God the Mother,” asking them for their contact information to join a Bible study. A...

CHAD GRIFFITH | Christian OB-GYN and reproductive rights advocate Dr. Willie Parker reconciled Christianity and abortion at an event in the Healey Family Student Center.

Doctor Argues Christian Values and Feminism Permit Abortion

By Amy Li January 18, 2019

Abortion falls within the values of Christianity and women’s right to abortion should be protected, Christian OB-GYN and reproductive rights advocate Dr. Willie Parker said at a Lecture Fund event Wednesday....

MARTINEZ ADDIEGO: A Tradition of Human Dignity

MARTINEZ ADDIEGO: A Tradition of Human Dignity

By Flo Martinez Addiego October 29, 2018

While Jesuit values are often discussed at Georgetown University, our community would be well-served by understanding another set of teachings that transcends barriers of religious identity to acknowledge...

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...

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