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A daydreaming believer
I often follow along in my missalette the words of the entire Mass, not because I am pious but because I am a chronic daydreamer. Looking at the words on the page and thinking about them can keep me focused ... for a while. But then something sends me off …
Food for thought on helpless seniors
On March 11, The Washington Post reported on efforts to expand the "right to die" in Oregon and elsewhere.
Why Sister Jean and Father Rob matter
Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt and Father Rob Hagan have been getting a lot of attention these days in the national media.
A pro-life opportunity
"Pro-life includes sensible gun control." It was one among a forest of signs at the recent "March for Our Lives" in Washington, D.C., that attracted hundreds of thousands of demonstrators, but it caught my attention. Has the eruption of gun control activism following the spate of school shootings, most recently …
Planned Parenthood's abortion fixation
Cecile Richards, who plans to retire this year as president of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, has authored a self-congratulatory memoir called "Make Trouble."
Three steps to joy
"Evangelii Gaudium," "Amoris Laetitia" and, now, "Gaudete et Exsultate." What do they have in common? They were written by Pope Francis? Yes. They are apostolic exhortations? Yes. More important? Joy.
A Hispanic Catholic Pentecost
One familiar question among those trying to get a better sense of the U.S. Hispanic Catholic experience is how many Roman Catholic Hispanics are charismatic.
Catholic journalist, former Rider student, recalls lessons taught by a great lady
Along with many in this country and around the world, I mourn the loss of Barbara Bush, the former first lady who died April 17 at the age of 92. In my few and brief encounters with her, I always found her to be kind and gracious.
Instead of building walls, the U.S. should revisit good neighborism
The Americas are one landmass. The fates of its states and its people are inseparable. America does not merely stretch from sea to shining sea, but from Cape Horn to the northern ice caps.
A little boy meets a pastor
A remarkable video of Pope Francis answering a young boy's deeply personal question was posted by Catholic News Service recently.
The paradoxes of inclusion
In a recent homily, Bishop Robert E. Barron rightly identified two paramount values in our secular culture: being "inclusive" and being "nonjudgmental."
LIFE ISSUES FORUM: Conspiracy against life
In recent weeks, the eyes of the world were drawn to Liverpool, England as the life of 23-month-old Alfie Evans hung in the balance.
An advocate for the Gospel of Life
For me, a highlight of the past month was seeing Harvard law professor Mary Ann Glendon receive the University of Notre Dame's Evangelium Vitae medal.
Cures for 'chronic news funk'
I have been a news junkie almost all my life. I've read a daily newspaper since grammar school, progressing from comics to sports to the front page. I was the first one in my family to get up in the morning, so I was the first to fetch the newspaper …
Hype and reality on family planning
President Trump has announced he will restore a Reagan-era regulation forbidding clinics in the federal Title X family planning program to perform or refer for abortions.
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