Misguided ‘compassion’ contributes to our political polarization

For the past 20 years, the University of Notre Dame has sponsored a yearlong dialogue on a given theme, with featured speakers, panels and other public events at which the theme is discussed and debated. This year’s theme is “Cultivating Hope.”Two weeks ago, Cardinal Robert McElroy, archbishop of the Archdiocese of Washington, D.C., participated in a Q&A session on campus with ...

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