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Celia Viggo Wexler

Celia Viggo Wexler is the author of “Catholic Women Confront Their Church: Stories of Hurt and Hope” (Rowman & Littlefield), and writes frequently on Catholicism, feminism and politics.

Church of St. Francis of Assisi commemorates the late Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI displaying his portrait picture with a black ribbon, on January 04, 2023 in Krakow, Poland. (Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

RIP Pope Benedict XVI — but let’s not ignore all the harm he did the church and its people

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Thousands march and rally in support of legal abortion access after the U.S. Supreme court overturned the federal constitutional right to an abortion. Anti and pro demonstraters hold up signs showing their different opinions. Anti demonstrators yelling that Jesus would not forgive them. (Michael Siluk/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Catholic bishops have changed course on abortion — but their end goal is the same

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Christopher Columbus monument close to Las Ramblas in Barcelona, Spain (Getty Images/hutchyb)

Sorry, fellow Italian-Americans: Columbus was a thug. But the church was the big problem

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Former Treasury Secretary & White House Economic Advisor Larry Summers is interviewed by FOX Business' Maria Bartiromo at FOX Studios on May 24, 2017 in New York City. (Robin Marchant/Getty Images)

Can Larry Summers please shut up now? (And his buddy Jason Furman too)

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NASA's Artemis I rocket sits on launch pad 39-B at Kennedy Space Center on Sept. 1, 2022, in Cape Canaveral, Florida. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Moon lunacy: Why are we launching a rocket to the moon when we can’t prevent COVID deaths?

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Sidse Babett Knudsen as Birgitte Nyborg in "Borgen" and US Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett (Photo illustration by Salon / Mike Kollöffel / Netflix / Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images)

The Supreme Court, the fate of women — and Birgitte Nyborg of “Borgen”

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Cardinal Donald Wuerl, apostolic administrator of the Archdiocese of Washington, presides over Good Friday services at St. Matthew’s Cathedral, April 19, 2019. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Catholic bishops celebrate a big win: But as they have sowed, so shall they reap

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U.S. President Donald Trump (L) shakes hands with Attorney General William Barr before presenting the Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House May 22, 2019 in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Bill Barr’s parting gift to Donald Trump: A possible “get out of jail free” card

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Children and workers are seen at the Tornillo tent camp which houses immigrant children separated from their parents after they were caught entering the U.S. under the administration's zero tolerance policy. (Getty/Joe Raedle)

For undocumented children, there is no “right to life”

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James Baker’s FBI redemption tour

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Why most of us are not reading the Mueller report

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George Soros (AP/Olivier Hoslet)

Soros, DHS whistleblowers urge more truth-telling

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Is it time to worry about the next recession?

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Brett Kavanaugh surprises redistricting reformers

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Stacey Abrams (Getty/Jessica McGowan)

For Stacey Abrams, voter suppression is personal

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Trash begins to accumulate along the National Mall near the Washington Monument due to a partial shutdown of the federal government on December 24, 2018 in Washington, DC. (Getty/Win McNamee)

Public still at risk as shutdown impact reverberates

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A Shutdown placard is seen at the entrance of the Liberty State ferry terminal, January 21, 2018. (Getty/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)

Trump shutdown compounds threat to public safety and protection

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FILE - This May 13, 2010 file photo Pelicans float on the water as an oil platform sits in the background off the coast of Santa Barbara, Calif. More than 7,700 gallons of oil has been raked, skimmed and vacuumed from a spill that stretched across 9 miles of California coast, just a fraction of the sticky, stinking goo that escaped from a broken pipeline, officials said on Thursday, May 21, 2015. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill,File) (AP)

Atlantic coast pipeline loses key permit — energy companies scramble

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U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy (Getty/Chip Somodevilla)

Justice Kennedy’s departure a grim prospect for election reform

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