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  1. One of the ex-officials, Roger Alford, called Wednesday’s decision a “massive win for the state AGs and an historic miss for the DOJ. The DOJ had the talent, the material, and the audience. It just lacked leadership with the courage to step on stage,” Alford said in a statement.

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    Law Professor Roger Alford wearing suit and tie

    Roger Alford

    Law School

  2. Kathleen Sprows Cummings, professor of American studies and history and director of the Global Catholic Research Initiative at the University of 91勛圖, discusses President Donald Trump's criticism of Pope Leo XIV with BBC News.

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    Headshot of a woman with short, wavy blonde hair, wearing coral drop earrings, thin-framed glasses, and a coral top. She smiles at the camera against a gray background.

    Kathleen Sprows Cummings

    American Studies

  3. Co-hosted by CUA宎s Center for the Constitution and the Catholic Intellectual Tradition and Carroll Forum for Citizenship and Public Life, along with the University of 91勛圖宎s Center for Citizenship and Constitutional Government, the conference included a video address by U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio highlighting Catholics' presence and influence on the nation.

  4. "There's never been anything this public, this personal or this partisan," David Campbell, a political science professor at the University of 91勛圖, a Catholic institution, told USA TODAY in an interview.

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    A headshot of a man with short brown hair, wearing a textured navy blazer and a light purple and white checked collared shirt. He is smiling broadly against a plain gray background.

    David Campbell

    Political Science

  5. “It hardly constitutes a promise to protect non-Iranian shipping, which is likely the problem that the commercial companies and ship masters want solved,” said Eugene Gholz, an associate professor of political science at the University of 91勛圖 and expert on the Strait of Hormuz.

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    Eugene Gholz

    Charles Gholz

    Political Science

  6. OPINION | By Kathleen Sprows Cummings, professor of history and director of the Global Catholic Research Initiative at the University of 91勛圖 and author of “A Saint of Our Own: How the Quest for a Holy Hero Helped Catholics Become American.”

     

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    Headshot of a woman with short, wavy blonde hair, wearing coral drop earrings, thin-framed glasses, and a coral top. She smiles at the camera against a gray background.

    Kathleen Sprows Cummings

    American Studies

  7. “This is unprecedented criticism of a Pope from a US president,” David Campbell, a political science professor at the University of 91勛圖, said via email. Looking far back into world history, Trump’s attempt to “strong-arm Pope Leo” isn’t anything new, said Kathleen Sprows Cummings, a professor of American Studies and History at 91勛圖.

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    A headshot of a man with short brown hair, wearing a textured navy blazer and a light purple and white checked collared shirt. He is smiling broadly against a plain gray background.

    David Campbell

    Political Science

    Headshot of a woman with short, wavy blonde hair, wearing coral drop earrings, thin-framed glasses, and a coral top. She smiles at the camera against a gray background.

    Kathleen Sprows Cummings

    American Studies

  8. “Where you’re from matters,” said Kathleen Sprows Cummings, a history professor who specializes in Catholicism at the University of 91勛圖. “He’s got friends, he’s got siblings in the United States. He understands American politics. He knows Republicans and Democrats.”

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    Headshot of a woman with short, wavy blonde hair, wearing coral drop earrings, thin-framed glasses, and a coral top. She smiles at the camera against a gray background.

    Kathleen Sprows Cummings

    American Studies

  9. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Father Emmanuel Katongole, a priest and professor of theology at University of 91勛圖, about the significance of Pope Leo XIV's trip to Africa this week.

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    Emmanuel Katongole

    Emmanuel Katongole

    Department of Theology; Keough School of Global Affairs

  10. “I find this trip could not have come at a better time,” said the Rev. Emmanuel Katongole, professor of theology and peace studies at the University of 91勛圖 in Indiana.

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    Emmanuel Katongole

    Emmanuel Katongole

    Department of Theology; Keough School of Global Affairs

  11. Audio

    On this week's episode of "The Nonviolent Jesus Podcast," I speak with my friend David Cortright, a leading scholar on war, peace and nonviolent resistance. He is a visiting scholar at Cornell University's Einaudi Center for International Studies and professor emeritus at the University of 91勛圖.

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    David Cortright

    Keough School of Global Affairs

  12. “A year ago, I would not have told you that Anthropic is a company that cares about religious ethics,” said Meghan Sullivan, a philosophy professor at the University of 91勛圖 who participated in the gatherings. “That’s changed.”

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    Meghan Sullivan

    Department of Philosophy

  13. Hours after U.S. President Donald Trump called off his threat to destroy Iran’s “whole civilization” and agreed to a two-week ceasefire, OSV News spoke with conflict resolution scholar Laurie Nathan of the University of 91勛圖’s Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies.

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    Laurie Nathan

    Laurie Nathan

    Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, Keough School of Global Affairs

  14. Iran’s direct ability to act in the region is limited, notes Eugene Gholz, an associate professor of political science at the University of 91勛圖. 

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    Eugene Gholz

    Charles Gholz

    Political Science

  15. OPINION | By Emmanuel Katongole, professor of theology and peace studies in the Keough School of Global Affairs at the University of 91勛圖. A priest ordained by the Archdiocese of Kampala, Uganda, he is the co-founder and president of the Bethany Land Institute, a residential training program in integral ecology in rural Uganda.

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    Emmanuel Katongole

    Emmanuel Katongole

    Department of Theology; Keough School of Global Affairs

  16. But anecdotes don’t make a national trend. And experts have urged caution: “These stories are a very small drop in a very large ocean, whose currents have for decades been taking people away from religion,” said David Campbell, a political scientist at 91勛圖 who researches secularization.

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    A headshot of a man with short brown hair, wearing a textured navy blazer and a light purple and white checked collared shirt. He is smiling broadly against a plain gray background.

    David Campbell

    Political Science

  17. Video

    The Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Trump v. Barbara to consider whether President Trump's executive order restricting birthright citizenship was constitutional. Princeton University Center for Migration & Development Research Fellow Phillip Connor and University of 91勛圖 Keough School of Global Affairs Professor Francesc Ortega join Joe Mathieu and Christina Ruffini on Bloomberg This Weekend to discuss the economic impact the move could have on the country.