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Can the laity save the church?
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Can the laity save the church?

Greg ErlandsonOctober 31, 20234 min read
Whatever path leads to the church of tomorrow, it depends on the laity getting involved in its revitalization.
Question Corner: Are demonic possessions just mental illness?
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Question Corner: Are demonic possessions just mental illness?

Jenna Marie CooperOctober 31, 20234 min read
most dioceses in United States have protocols which require an individual to have medical and psychiatric evaluations, to rule out potential natural causes, before they can receive a major exorcism.
How Georgie changed my life
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How Georgie changed my life

Rita BuettnerOctober 30, 20233 min read
Even though we never knew him personally though, Georgie is so important to me—and to our family.
Learning about saints at Sunday School
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Learning about saints at Sunday School

Rita BuettnerOctober 29, 20233 min read
With everything I have going on this fall, I wasn’t looking for anything else to do. Sometimes I have an idea, though, and I just can’t shake it. That’s how I felt when I first thought about volunteering to teach faith formation at our parish. I haven’t taught Sunday School since the year the pandemic […]
Orioles’ players Christian faith pulls them through
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Orioles’ players Christian faith pulls them through

Mark VivianoOctober 26, 20234 min read
Often in media coverage, the subject of faith is glossed over or ignored, but in the case of the resurgent 2023 Orioles, it appeared clear to me as a reporter that togetherness in faith among players furthered their bond as teammates.
Architecture and witness: A tale of two temples
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Architecture and witness: A tale of two temples

Elizabeth ScaliaOctober 26, 20235 min read
St. Mary’s Cathedral will remain a longshot on my itinerary, while a temple wholly outside my faith looks too gorgeously interesting to go unexplored.
Why more letters from Paul than Peter, and how do the saints keep track of things?
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Why more letters from Paul than Peter, and how do the saints keep track of things?

Jenna Marie CooperOctober 25, 20233 min read
Even though St. Peter was the first pope, his status as the “first among equals” among the apostles doesn’t automatically mean that writing was his personal strong suit.
O God, How Great Thou Art
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O God, How Great Thou Art

Rita BuettnerOctober 22, 20233 min read
The whole weekend I had felt surrounded by God’s presence and love. But as the music washed over me, and I joined my voice to the others in that sacred space, I felt loved, comforted, and so at peace.
U.S. politics badly needs an infusion of decency and idealism via Aquinas
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U.S. politics badly needs an infusion of decency and idealism via Aquinas

Russell ShawOctober 20, 20233 min read
Our politics stands badly in need of an infusion of decency and idealism.
Question Corner: What justifies prayers for the dead? Why isn’t the pope called Francis I?
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Question Corner: What justifies prayers for the dead? Why isn’t the pope called Francis I?

Jenna Marie CooperOctober 19, 20234 min read
We find a clear scriptural reference on the praiseworthyness of praying for the dead in the Old Testament’s second book of Maccabees.
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