Strength from Solidarity
Annie Deddens
February 11, AD2015
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A beautiful thing about the internet nowadays is how it can create a community that otherwise wouldn’t be able to exist. And as we all
St. Valentine and 50 Shades of Grey
Julie Machado
February 11, AD2015
3 Comments
What do St. Valentine, love and 50 Shades of Grey have in common? The fact that the movie is premiering on Valentine’s Day (or Sts.
Born to Rest in Truth
Jeffrey McLeod, PhD
February 11, AD2015
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Is your washing machine running? Maybe you’ve had the experience I’ve had. Wet clothes, especially towels, get unevenly distributed in the tub, causing it to
Indifference to the Dignity of Work
Dawn Carpenter
February 10, AD2015
5 Comments
We have all done it. We have walked past a beggar on the street. We have purchased groceries from a cashier whose eyes we did
Conspiracies & Catholicism: Hitler’s Pope
Foxfier
February 10, AD2015
10 Comments
It’s a slander, and not just misleading but so opposite of reality I don’t understand how it caught ground. See you next month. ….alright, I
The Friendship Which Is Marriage
Kevin Aldrich
February 9, AD2015
8 Comments
This is the fourth in a series of introductory essays on the document “Love is Our Mission: The Family Fully Alive,” the preparatory catechesis for
An Ecumenical Surprise: A Story About Pope St. John Paul II in a Hebrew Textbook
Marta Maria Gomez-Cortes
February 7, AD2015
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Some years ago I found myself, a Cuban-American cradle Catholic, sitting in my Hebrew II class at Gratz College, Philadelphia, PA. I was determined to
Is God Controlled by Logic?
Anna Rose Meeds
February 6, AD2015
13 Comments
Christians agree that God is omnipotent and sovereign, meaning that He is able to do all things. The Nicene Creed proclaims faith in “one God,
Holding Me Back
Jenni Groft
February 5, AD2015
13 Comments
I don’t try to hide the fact that I have a larger than average family, but I don’t usually volunteer the information, either. It’s not
Let’s Be Reasonable About Vaccines
JoAnna Wahlund
February 4, AD2015
71 Comments
Readers, please do not write me off as a rabid “anti-vaxxer,” because I am not opposed to vaccines in general, nor do I dispute their
“I Am Woman” — Ironic Ode to the Embryo
Leila Miller
February 3, AD2015
8 Comments
My husband is the early riser in the family, and on most weekend mornings I stumble downstairs, bleary-eyed, as the kitchen radio screams out the
Is There a “Fourth Secret” of Fatima?
Kevin Symonds
February 2, AD2015
44 Comments
Recently, I read a copy of a magazine with an article that claimed there was new information that (allegedly) proved that there was another text
Choice vs. Reason
Bob Drury
January 31, AD2015
10 Comments
It is sometimes said that no one has a sufficient imagination or memory to be a consistent liar. A corollary is: Integrity is characteristic of
Trusting In God Completely
Ray Sullivan
January 31, AD2015
7 Comments
There are many lessons to be learned from reading Holy Scripture, but in my opinion, one of the most important lessons to be learned is
“A Beautiful Work of the Holy Spirit”
Melanie Jean Juneau
January 30, AD2015
33 Comments
Man likes to be in control, especially of the Holy Spirit. Of course, most of us would deny trying to box in the Almighty, because
Do You Fear Success?
Christina Weber
January 28, AD2015
7 Comments
Woman entrepreneurs may not be aware of it but some have fear of success. It is something some Catholic entrepreneurs are often guilty of. You,
Being Like Rabbits and Testing God
Denise J. Hunnell, MD
January 27, AD2015
9 Comments
On the return flight from his recent trip to the Philippines, Pope Francis offered a wide-ranging press interview. His remarks about large families and responsible
What Is It Like to Walk for Life?
H. L. Duncan
January 27, AD2015
7 Comments
The reason that a person would want to walk down the middle of a city street in one of the two largest U.S. marches, either
What Cardinal Burke Really Said About Men and the “Feminization” of the Church
Matthew Sewell
January 27, AD2015
24 Comments
To quote a friend of mine, “Trying to understand Church issues through mainstream secular media is like trying to understand global economics through a 13-year-old
A Midlife Marriage is an Interesting Thing
Tammy Ruiz Ziegler, RN CPLC
January 26, AD2015
7 Comments
I never imagined myself getting married at 50. I thought my first husband and I would get old together, but his death prevented that. In
The Rape Exception: Getting to the Roots of Abortion
Birgit Jones
January 26, AD2015
60 Comments
Love him or hate him, Matt Walsh has a way of purposefully stating the obvious with a take no prisoners approach. I haven’t read many
How Will History Remember You?
Thomas Whittaker
January 25, AD2015
7 Comments
Consider for a moment the sheer gravity of this truth: that a society is fully capable of being blinded to the clear and absolute evil
The Necessary Virtue of Hope
Abigail C. R. Gripshover
January 24, AD2015
5 Comments
During any phase of transition, one hears quite a bit about the importance of the theological virtues of faith and love. One is counseled to
How To Handle Those Mixed Feelings about the Pope’s Remarks
Anabelle Hazard
January 23, AD2015
63 Comments
It pains me to read rabid criticism from Catholics towards a real human being, who happens to be our Supreme Pontiff. At the same time,
