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Execution and mercy

In early July, the Nebraska Supreme Court issued an Aug. 14 execution date for Carey Dean Moore.

Take time to declutter before school starts

Summer vacation is a time for relaxation, quality time with family and friends, and activities to enjoy the moment and refresh our souls.

Faith can help you deal with just about anything

By Maureen Pratt | Catholic News Service There are plenty of resources to help us navigate many of life's biggest journeys.

Real miracles can be seen in God's love and mercy for us

Ralph Waldo Emerson calls the stars in the night sky “envoys of beauty, lighting the universe with their astonishing smile” and submits that if they appeared for a single night only every thousand years, we’d be on our knees in worship and would cherish the memory for the rest of …

Celebrating our technicolor glory

My wife and I moved from the Midwest to the East Coast a few years ago. There was a predictable amount of culture shock for both of us in leaving the manifest blessings of the Midwest: Housing prices (you can buy a palace for what a garage might cost elsewhere).

Miracle in motion

“When I saw the priest walk in, I tried to duck him.” That’s how David Warden remembers the first time he saw Jesuit Father Antonio “TJ” Martinez, at a fundraiser.

For Jesus, the master teacher, stories were a powerful tool

When I get a late call from my daughter-in-law, my worried grandmother persona takes over as I answer the phone.

Heavenly 'insider' in fight against addiction

"One of my parishioners told me he's deleted 40 contacts from his cellphone since February," my priest friend said. "All of them died from drug overdoses in the last six months."

'Change is painful'

Speaking at a recent ordination of new priests in Ireland, Dublin Archbishop Diarmuid Martin said changes in the today's culture must lead to changes in the church -- particularly as it pertains to young people.

Humble service and merciful love to America

On Aug. 30, the feast of our foundress, St. Jeanne Jugan, we Little Sisters of the Poor will launch a jubilee year celebrating the 150th anniversary of our Congregation’s arrival in the United States.

Jesus and the Bible

Of the approximately 107 Billion human beings that have lived and died on planet Earth, Jesus Christ was by far the most outstanding, the most influential, and the most revered. He only lived 33 years among us.

To the friends I've known

Recently, reading Commonweal magazine, I was struck by this line by Jerry Ryan, a Little Brother of Jesus: “I have lost contact with so many people who meant a lot to me at different stages of my life, people I loved dearly and really cared for and who had given …

The music of the Sacraments

In the life of the Catholic Church, the seven sacraments are visible signs or rituals instituted by Christ that serve as channels of God’s supernatural grace. There’s

Examples on how to live lives of joy

The thing I remember most about St. Teresa of Kolkata was her joy. I met her three times in my life.

Keep holy the commute and the car pool

Our minivan is one big silver stereotype.


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