Few things, it has been said, rival the power of prayer. So when facing life’s difficult questions, the faithful often…
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THE METEOR POPE
Between August and October of 1978, the Catholic Church was ruled by three popes. The first was Paul VI. Gravely…
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FAITH AND REASON
What do Gregor Mendel, Nicolaus Copernicus, Georges Lemaitre, and Louis Pasteur have in common? They were all inventors or scientists…
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CHRIST’S FUTURE HOME
It’s deceptively simple, vividly illustrative, artistically potent, it’s the last of its kind available anywhere, and it’s coming to the…
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MISPERCEPTIONS OF CATHOLICS AND THEIR FAITH
“There are not one hundred people in the United States who hate the Catholic Church, but there are millions who…
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SIEMPRE ADELANTE
The comment was characterized variously as an aside, almost an afterthought, an “Oh, by the way…” after Pope Francis told…
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FLEXING THE SPIRITUAL MUSCLES
New year’s resolutions are as helpful for Christians seeking to improve their spiritual fitness as they are for those striving…
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A CURSILLO WEEKEND IS ‘ONE OF THOSE EXPERIENCES THAT CHANGES EVERYTHING’
If one of your New Year’s resolutions is to find a new road to get closer to God and your…
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LIGHT BULB BOOKS
If summer is the season for paging through short stacks of “beach books”—lightweight potboilers designed to be devoured with maximum…
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Church heightens profile in its work on environment, climate change
When a Vatican official suggested that Pope Francis was contemplating an encyclical on the environment a year ago, he signaled…