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Loreto House

Loreto House: All Women are Welcome in This Place

Anthony S. Layne September 13, AD2021 7 Comments

Loreto House sits about one mile north of Denton Presbyterian Hospital on Bonnie Brae Street. Presby (as it’s known around town) is the only hospital

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Ideology, Religion, and the End of Pod Christianity

Anthony S. Layne April 2, AD2021 4 Comments

Postmodern America’s true religion is ideology. By that, I mean we expect our churches to either give full-throated approval to our political beliefs or remain

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A Survey, WWJD Turmoil, and Over 2,800 Billionaires

Gene M. Van Son February 16, AD2021 3 Comments

Anyone 35 or older should remember the “WWJD” bracelet trend that swept the U.S. for a time in the 1990s. It’s too bad the trend

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Pope Francis on Same-Sex Civil Unions

Scott Davis November 3, AD2020 9 Comments

If you were paying attention to news out of Rome over the last week, you probably heard about a statement regarding same-sex civil unions attributed

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What Socialism Is (and What’s Wrong with It)

Anthony S. Layne May 6, AD2020 10 Comments

The word socialism is freely tossed around in the public square, especially on social media. Too often, though, it’s either a misnomer for some government

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Immoderate Desires III: The Deadly Sin of Avarice

Anthony S. Layne April 9, AD2019 3 Comments

Avarice, one of the seven capital (“deadly”) sins, is more difficult to discern in our society than are Gluttony and Lust — at least, it’s

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Voting Catholic

Marty Dybicz November 1, AD2018 10 Comments

With Election Day looming (November 6th), we once again need to ask: Is there a Catholic way to vote? In order to be good Catholics,

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Should the Federal Government be “Heartless, Soulless, and Cheap”?

Cynthia Millen March 31, AD2017 22 Comments

President Trump has put forth his proposed budget, and, like vultures preparing for their prey, the media are sharpening their talons. And so it begins:

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Wealth and the Spirituality of Social Solidarity

Dawn Carpenter July 6, AD2016 2 Comments

St. Matthew, Patron Saint of Bankers, Pray for Me. This is how I have become accustomed to opening and closing each day. For most of

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The Lesser of Two Evils: A Slight Retraction

Anthony S. Layne March 20, AD2016 28 Comments

Call this essay a slight retraction; call it a modification; call it a codicil or appendix or whatever you think suits best. In any event,

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