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Expert discusses serious harms of smartphones for children and how to limit their use
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Expert discusses serious harms of smartphones for children and how to limit their use

Charlie CamosyJuly 11, 20257 min read
Worried your kids are spending too much time on their smartphones? Beyond the time-wasting concerns, recent studies show frequent smartphone usage is linked to mental health issues, addiction and more.
Pilgrims of Hope: Walking the Way of St. Francis in the Year of Jubilee
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Pilgrims of Hope: Walking the Way of St. Francis in the Year of Jubilee

Father Evan PontonJune 26, 20256 min read
Together “we seek the city to come” – not Baltimore, not Assisi, not even the “eternal city” of Rome – but the City of God, the new Jerusalem. Take courage. We are pilgrims of hope
Jesus is waiting for you
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Jesus is waiting for you

Sister Constance Veit, L.S.P.August 24, 20244 min read
We can always turn to Jesus as a friend and confidant like none other.
Up and down the mountain this Lent
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Up and down the mountain this Lent

Sister Constance Veit, L.S.P.February 23, 20235 min read
Jesus’ Transfiguration is one of the most dramatic scenes in the Gospels. It is a central image of Lent, reminding us that during this season we are invited to ascend a high mountain with Jesus to live a unique spiritual experience.
Young adult Catholics have spoken. Has the church listened?
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Young adult Catholics have spoken. Has the church listened?

Cecilia FloresJanuary 17, 20235 min read
Sometimes it feels like the church in the U.S. suffers from the very short attention span that we young adults are accused of having.
Question Corner: On Limbo and on silent prayer
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Question Corner: On Limbo and on silent prayer

Jenna Marie CooperJanuary 16, 20234 min read
Limbo is not included in our Creeds and is never mentioned in our current Catechism of the Catholic Church.
Questions: Holy days of obligation, vegetarians in Lent
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Questions: Holy days of obligation, vegetarians in Lent

Jenna Marie CooperJanuary 9, 20234 min read
It can be a beautiful practice to go to Mass on a feast that isn’t strictly obligatory simply to enter more deeply into the spirituality of our liturgical year.
What Pope Benedict XVI taught us about dying well
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What Pope Benedict XVI taught us about dying well

Gretchen R. CroweJanuary 5, 20233 min read
In his spiritual testament dated more than 16 years before his death, Pope Benedict reflected on his life, and on those whom he had encountered, with gratitude
The true Joseph Ratzinger
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The true Joseph Ratzinger

George WeigelJanuary 4, 20235 min read
The Joseph Ratzinger I knew for 35 years — first as prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, later as Pope Benedict XVI and then Pope Emeritus — was a brilliant, holy man who bore no resemblance to the caricature that was first created by his theological enemies and then set in media concrete.
Why confess to a priest? What if it’s been a long time?
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Why confess to a priest? What if it’s been a long time?

Jenna Marie CooperJanuary 3, 20233 min read
While we know for sure that sins are forgiven through the sacrament, God is of course free to extend his grace beyond even what he has promised.
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