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How to help a grieving friend
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How to help a grieving friend

Lorene Hanley DuquinOctober 9, 20247 min read
There is no magic formula for dealing with a grieving person. The best way to reach out to someone will depend on your relationship with that person and where he or she is in the grieving process.
Question Corner: What are ‘non-sacramental’ marriages?
CommentaryQuestion Corner

Question Corner: What are ‘non-sacramental’ marriages?

Jenna Marie CooperOctober 9, 20244 min read
A valid marriage is essentially a marriage where the wedding “worked,” and produced a true bond. In contrast, an attempted marriage where one of these necessary elements was absent would be considered an “invalid” or “null” marriage.
A father’s arms
CommentaryThe Domestic Church

A father’s arms

Rita BuettnerOctober 9, 20243 min read
Through their lives and actions, our fathers teach us about love – and especially about God’s love for us.
The battles we fight
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The battles we fight

Jaymie Stuart WolfeOctober 7, 20244 min read
It’s wise to acknowledge that not every fight can be won; that we may not have the resources to sustain a war on many fronts; that victory sometimes costs us more than we can afford
Analysis: Trump’s proposed mandate aims to fund IVF’s large-scale destruction of human embryos
2024 ElectionCommentaryRespect Life

Analysis: Trump’s proposed mandate aims to fund IVF’s large-scale destruction of human embryos

Kimberly HeatheringtonOctober 5, 202411 min read
IVF treatments — which fertilize an egg outside the body in a laboratory dish — are opposed by the Catholic Church because they frequently involve the destruction of human embryos, in addition to other ethical and moral issues.
‘There Are Two’: Pope Gelasius and Jefferson’s ‘Wall of Separation’
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‘There Are Two’: Pope Gelasius and Jefferson’s ‘Wall of Separation’

Kenneth CraycraftOctober 5, 20245 min read
We must reject the “wall of separation” as the formula for religious repression that it is.
A moderately important election
2024 ElectionCommentary

A moderately important election

Scott P. RichertOctober 5, 20245 min read
To argue that we must compromise the church’s moral and social teaching so that we may cast a vote for “the lesser of two evils” is to declare implicitly (and sometimes explicitly) that Christianity is of only moderate importance compared with the electoral politics of the day.
Human dignity and the digital explosion
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Human dignity and the digital explosion

Sister Hosea RupprechtOctober 4, 20246 min read
What is a person of faith to do before the enormity of AI and all the other digital technologies we have in our hands? Trust in God and make sure to keep the human person at the center for all our digital interactions.
‘Rosary priest’ Father Peyton: ‘The family that prays together stays together’
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‘Rosary priest’ Father Peyton: ‘The family that prays together stays together’

Gerald KorsonOctober 4, 20247 min read
Throughout the latter half of the 20th century, Father Peyton was perhaps the best-known “media priest” this side of Archbishop Fulton Sheen
Sunken treasure
Charity in TruthCommentary

Sunken treasure

Archbishop William E. LoriOctober 3, 20243 min read
And just as the divers who found the San Jose did not work alone, so too those who are retrieving the faith do not work alone.
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