Catholic Review
Inspiring the Archdiocese of Baltimore
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Filed Under: Commentary, Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations
If you’re of an older generation, you may remember being taught that no one got to heaven outside the Catholic Church. Fortunately, the Second Vatican Council helped us get over this narrow approach to God’s mercy.
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Filed Under: Commentary
It takes spiritual maturity to become the sign rather than, like a hopeful child, demanding one.
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Filed Under: Commentary, Lent
Maybe it’s my turn to think of someone each day to turn to and say, “Just checking in. How are you doing?”
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Filed Under: Commentary, Social Justice
Somewhere in your community, there is a chance to be present to those who struggle.
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Filed Under: Commentary
It’s good to be prepared, but worrying is a spiritual problem.
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Filed Under: Commentary, Environment
As Pope Francis has reminded us, our whole ecosystem is challenged, almost to the point of no return.
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Filed Under: Commentary
The examen is not a call to review your sinfulness, like an examination of conscience, although you may find things in your day for which you are sorry. It’s often called an examination of “consciousness” because it reviews your life as you’ve lived it in the past 24 hours.
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Filed Under: Advent, Commentary
Make Advent loving and fun, with your focus on Jesus.
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Filed Under: Commentary
The things attainable — in this life, on this earth — are rarely enough for our deep longings.
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Filed Under: Commentary, Saints
On All Souls and All Saints, we honor not just the dead whom we love and extol as examples; we proclaim our belief that this is not the end — that from the hallowed ground of our beloved dead comes the promise of the risen Lord, the empty tomb.
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Filed Under: Commentary, Immigration and Migration
Bishop Flores points out that Catholic social teaching emphasizes that every human being is created in the image of God, and that at the heart of our social teaching is the need to be adaptable to the situation.
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Filed Under: Commentary
Catholic social teaching has been described as “our best kept secret,” which is a shame, as Catholic social teaching endeavors to apply the Gospel to our life in community.
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