I recently attended a lay forum at a local Catholic parish and found what one might expect—a mixture of heartache, outrage, cautious expectation, and hope. People spoke tearfully about the deep sadness they felt at the continuing revelations of...
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Excerpts from Amoris Laetitia (The Joy of Love) THE IMPORTANCE OF PATIENCE We encounter problems whenever we think that relationships of people ought to be perfect, or when we put ourselves at the center and expect things to turn out our way. Then...
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Editor’s Note: The revelations of numerous mostly older cases of pedophilia in the Catholic Church uncovered by a two-year grand jury investigation in Pennsylvania, released in August, became international news. Journalists and leading Catholic...
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Democrat officials’ opposition to Donald Trump originated during the Republican primary in dislike of his rude verbal style. When he beat heir-apparent Clinton in the election, dislike hardened into hatred. Since then, the opposition has become more...
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Democrat officials’ opposition to Donald Trump originated during the Republican primary in dislike of his rude verbal style. When he beat heir-apparent Clinton in the election, dislike hardened into hatred. Since then, the opposition has become more...
The September 27th testimony of Christine Blasey Ford and Brett Kavanaugh was exhausting not only for the two of them but also for the millions of citizens who watched it. The challenge now is it to make sense of it. Ford was credible and her story...
On July 9, 2018, President Trump announced that he was nominating Brett Kavanaugh to be a justice on the Supreme Court, replacing the retiring Anthony Kennedy. On the same day, the editors of America, the official magazine of the Jesuits in the...
I recently attended a lay forum at a local Catholic parish and found what one might expect—a mixture of heartache, outrage, cautious expectation, and hope. People spoke tearfully about the deep sadness they felt at the continuing revelations of...
Excerpts from Amoris Laetitia (The Joy of Love) THE IMPORTANCE OF PATIENCE We encounter problems whenever we think that relationships of people ought to be perfect, or when we put ourselves at the center and expect things to turn out our way. Then...
Editor’s Note: The revelations of numerous mostly older cases of pedophilia in the Catholic Church uncovered by a two-year grand jury investigation in Pennsylvania, released in August, became international news. Journalists and leading Catholic...
Democrat officials’ opposition to Donald Trump originated during the Republican primary in dislike of his rude verbal style. When he beat heir-apparent Clinton in the election, dislike hardened into hatred. Since then, the opposition has become more...
For the 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time, the readings lead us to wisdom, transparency, and eternity. Regarding wisdom (Wisdom 7:7-11), we are told that the spirit of wisdom is more precious than silver or gold. Regarding transparency (Hebrews 4:12-13)...
One of the seven deadly sins is envy, or jealousy, and it can be a very unattractive attitude because it often involves an element of hypocrisy. There was an instance in which the actors in a play were extremely jealous of each other’s success, with...
Over lunch, a brother deacon recounted the story of his nephew’s First Holy Communion. He noted that after a period of great anticipation, the day had finally arrived. With family having traveled from near and far, all had made their way to the...
The September 27th testimony of Christine Blasey Ford and Brett Kavanaugh was exhausting not only for the two of them but also for the millions of citizens who watched it. The challenge now is it to make sense of it. Ford was credible and her story...
On July 9, 2018, President Trump announced that he was nominating Brett Kavanaugh to be a justice on the Supreme Court, replacing the retiring Anthony Kennedy. On the same day, the editors of America, the official magazine of the Jesuits in the...
There are many saints in the Church and each embodies holiness in a different way. We can say that each highlights a different facet of perfection of the God who is infinitely rich in perfection. St. Dominic is not like St. Francis in many ways...
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