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Commentary

Making a difference

June 27, 2018
By Effie Caldarola
Filed Under: Commentary, For the Journey

As the rhetoric heats up, people who work at the White House are being kicked out of restaurants. Entertainers make lewd jokes and hurl obscenities at the president. What’s happening to us?

The Question Behind the Question

June 20, 2018
By Bishop Robert Barron
Filed Under: Commentary, Word on Fire

Bishop Barron wonders whether video might be a better means of communication than texts for U.S. bishops.

How to promote religious liberty

June 20, 2018
By Sister Constance Veit, L.S.P.
Filed Under: Commentary, Guest Commentary, Religious Freedom

I’ve always suspected that at the root of the religious liberty controversies of the last few years is an inherent distrust or even disrespect for traditional religious beliefs.

The pope’s security detail/ Communion in Protestant churches?

June 13, 2018
By Father Kenneth Doyle
Filed Under: Commentary, Question Corner

Father Doyle fields questions about the pope’s security detail and receiving Communion in Protestant churches.

Words and deeds

June 13, 2018
By Archbishop William E. Lori
Filed Under: Charity in Truth, Commentary

It’s no good to speak about the faith and not to live it. And if we are living the faith, we should be willing to speak of it. 

The skinny on summer

June 11, 2018
By Father Joseph Breighner
Filed Under: Commentary, Wit & Wisdom

Do all the good you can, for as many people as you can, for as long as you can. If you do that, you may not just live longer. You may live forever.

Of spilled juice, and joy

June 7, 2018
By Rita Buettner
Filed Under: Commentary, The Domestic Church

I make messes by accident and on purpose over and over and over, and God continuously offers forgiveness and strength and peace.

Of wedding cakes and our tenuous freedoms

June 6, 2018
By Richard Doerflinger
Filed Under: A More Human Society, Commentary

Richard Doerflinger finds rich ironies in the Supreme Court’s wedding cake ruling.

Solitude and solace

June 6, 2018
By Paul McMullen
Filed Under: Amen, Amen McMullen Commentary, Commentary, Local News

After open-heart surgery, Paul McMullen’s gratitude is keener than ever.

‘Do this in memory of me’

May 28, 2018
By Father Curtiss Dwyer
Filed Under: Commentary, Feature, Guest Commentary

Memorial Day is an opportunity, as a nation, to remember and appreciate those who have died so that we might live … freely.

Yanny vs. laurel

May 24, 2018
By Brett Robinson
Filed Under: Commentary, Guest Commentary

Yanny vs. laurel is about how our senses can be tricked by subtle changes in acoustic frequencies, but it is also about how we have a strong desire to know what is true.

What’s so funny?

May 18, 2018
By John Garvey
Filed Under: Commentary, Guest Commentary, Intellect and Virtue

God made us in his image and likeness, and humor subsequently became an important part of every human culture on earth. Our laughing granddaughter is only the most immediate reminder of the joy we are meant for.

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