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“Turn Back O Children of Men!”

“Turn Back O Children of Men!”

by | Sep 12, 2019 | News

In June of this year, Justice Anthony Kennedy stepped down from the Supreme Court. All of a sudden, abortion and the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision was front page of the news again. Among the flurry of articles being published, I found one detailing a comedian’s...
The Virtue of Hope

The Virtue of Hope

by | Aug 15, 2019 | News

Hold Your Head high Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI once said, “One who has hope lives differently.” If you think about it, he’s exactly right. Whether your hope is in something or someone in this world or has its proper meaning as a theological virtue, your life is lived...
The Early Church Prayed for the Dead

The Early Church Prayed for the Dead

by | Aug 13, 2019 | News

Many non-Catholics experience our Catholic worship for the first time on a certain occasion: funerals. Frequently they tell the priest or their friends that it was one of the most beautiful, if not the most beautiful, funeral they have ever attended. It seems like...
The Early Church’s Contribution to Marriage

The Early Church’s Contribution to Marriage

by | Aug 6, 2019 | News

Since a Christian understanding of marriage has been the norm for many centuries, sometimes we may not recognize what is so striking- even radical- about it. Comparing the Catholic understanding of marriage in the early Church to the marriage practices of the...