John Paul was an ecumenical and interreligious innovator.
Pope St. John Paul II: Witness to the world
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Filed Under: Commentary, Saints
Holiday message of ‘The Loved One’
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Filed Under: Commentary
True faith rejoices in knowing that the life we celebrate at the stable in Bethlehem is the real answer to death.
‘A Christmas Carol’
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Filed Under: Christmas, Commentary
I don’t know about you, but I make a point of giving “A Christmas Carol” a fresh reading every year, and it never disappoints.
Thanksgiving to whom?
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Filed Under: Commentary
Thanksgiving is one of those few national holidays when a semi-religious sentiment is allowed.
Newman on conversion
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Filed Under: Uncategorized
Despite significant opposition, someone persists in a life-changing decision at least partly because the opposition has the unanticipated consequence of reinforcing the determination to persist.
Election year manners
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Filed Under: 2024 Election, Commentary
Our politicians lately have been setting a bad example (again?) for the rest of us via their so-called debates.
A look ahead at the Supreme Court’s fall term
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Filed Under: Commentary, Respect Life, Supreme Court
When the Supreme Court opens for business again Oct. 7, it will have before it for argument and eventual decision in the term ahead at least three cases directly involving the protection of children and young people.
Is the synodal process the product?
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Filed Under: Commentary, Synodality
Only time will tell whether, as synod organizers keep insisting, the Synod on Synodality has produced a real groundswell of support among the laity for making the process called synodality a permanent feature of church life.
Knights’ success built on founder’s desire for charity
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Filed Under: Commentary, Knights of Columbus
Father Michael J. McGivney was just one more of that band of hardworking Irish-American priests who spent themselves building up the church in America in the latter years of the 19th century. But in one truly extraordinary respect, he was unique:
Does every moment count?
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Filed Under: Commentary
Like words for a poet, color for a painter and sound for a composer, time is everybody’s medium for shaping a life devoted to loving and serving God and neighbor.
Subject of a new film, Mother Cabrini left native Italy to serve U.S. immigrants
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Filed Under: Feature, Movie & Television Reviews, News, Saints, World News
Mother Cabrini is the subject of “Cabrini,” a new film from Angel Studios directed by Alejandro Monteverde scheduled for nationwide release March 8.
Author Flannery O’Connor shared her faith through fiction
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Filed Under: Books, Commentary
Flannery O’Connor was not an evangelist. She was an artist, one of the most gifted American fiction writers of the 20th century. But a profoundly Catholic theological vision informs her art, giving her stories resonance and depth that sound deep — and sometimes deeply disturbing — spiritual chords.
