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Karen E. Park

Karen E. Park is the co-editor of American Patroness: Marian Shrines and the Making of US Catholicism (Fordham, 2024). She writes the Ex Voto newsletter, which you can subscribe to for free here.

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Of Course It Was Shit

Calling Trump's "No Kings" AI video droppings 'brown sludge' misses the religious significance
The AI video reposted by Donald Trump in response to the No Kings marches has been called everything from “juvenile” to “unhinged.” But as both Michelle Goldberg and Anne Applebaum have pointed out…
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Charlie Kirk is Well on His Way to Political Martyrdom – But Will He Become a Christian Martyr?

As soon as he was shot, before he was even pronounced dead, Charlie Kirk was already being transformed into a martyr–not a political martyr who dies for a cause ( although that language is developing…
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Catholic Right Support isn't the Only Reason Trump Believes He Can Get Away with Mockery of Catholicism

Last week, just days after Pope Francis was laid to rest in Rome, Trump was asked by reporters if he had anyone in mind for the next pope. His answer : “I’d like to be pope. That would be my No. 1…
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