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This Insights eNewsletter was sent to subscribers on February 11, 2025.

eNewsletter Subject: Trump all over again

Obviously, American President Donald Trump can be a polarizing figure, but it is possible to question what ought to be polarizing in a healthy society and what ought not to be.

I think many Catholic leaders get this wrong, and I offer my own take: Trump’s antics and the highest human value.

Perhaps unsurprisingly, then, we have a news analysis (by Phil Lawler) entitled: Pope denounces Trump immigration plans.

Meanwhile, Fr. Jerry Pokorsky raises the question of whether it is permissible for Catholics to criticize the Church. This is an interesting topic: Best Practices of the Church.

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