Catholic Review
Inspiring the Archdiocese of Baltimore
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Filed Under: Commentary, Schools
The groundbreaking new law deserves accolades for its recognition of the rights of parents, but there are significant questions about how it will be implemented at the federal and state levels
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Filed Under: Commentary
Scripture is clear, then, that questions are good and necessary for seeking the truth and that we must be wary of dishonest questions.
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Filed Under: Commentary
Through our human brokenness we carry our imperfect comprehensions into every part of that wholeism. So, if we permit our understanding of authentic love to be messed with, we will participate in the shattering of our own foundations.
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Filed Under: Commentary, Eucharist, Question Corner
Confession is a different sacrament with its own distinct focus, and it would seem to be pastoral common sense that those seeking specifically the forgiveness of any kind of sin would most fruitfully do so in the sacrament that was “custom built” for that purpose.
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Catholic Review
Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window
We have all hoped and prayed for miracles. No wonder we get excited when we hear that the Vatican has confirmed one.
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Filed Under: Commentary, Youth Ministry
From lifelong commitments to the children we love, to volunteering with kids who need extra support, to simply opening our hearts to the delightful (if sometimes distracting!) presence of the young church with us at Mass, God gives us many ways to care for the children in our lives.
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Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window, Uncategorized
Relationships are unique. We connect with each person in a distinctive way, meeting them where they are. We don’t talk to Mary the same way we talk to Martha.
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Filed Under: Commentary, Journalism, social media
Teaching media literacy is a formational imperative for Catholics, especially those charged with the religious education of the young.
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Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, Commentary, Vatican
Pope Leo stressed the importance of integrity, authenticity and transparency in the life of priests — antidotes to the double life that some priests have lived.
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Filed Under: Commentary
We can, in other words, move beyond our bubble, to become more than ourselves — or, rather, to become the selves that we were always meant to be, because we were created by God and redeemed by His Son and sanctified by His Holy Spirit — all realities in which no AI can ever share, no matter how much it might, through a combination of increasing accuracy and (ironically) “hallucination,” come to mimic human consciousness.
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Filed Under: Commentary, Religious Freedom, Supreme Court
In a momentous decision that has far-reaching implications for the future of public education and religious liberty in the United States, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Mahmoud v. Taylor that parents, not the state, hold the primary right to direct the upbringing and education of their children.
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Filed Under: Commentary, Saints
Hearing that Ignatius’ rooms were full of laughter is a good reminder at a time when so many Americans are feeling anxious. We are, after all, in a Jubilee year of hope. We are Pilgrims of Hope. But I, like many, struggle with hope.
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