A welcome revision to the Catechism
Archbishop Jose H. Gomez
For some years now, I have expressed my concern that the death penalty is both cruel and unnecessary and I have called for its abolition. So, I welcome the changes to The Catechism of the Catholic Church ...
So far, so goodDick Flavin
So far, so good. There you have it, my unvarnished, tell-it-like-it-is opinion of the 2018 edition of the Boston Red Sox. After almost 80 percent of the regular season has been completed, the Red Sox ...
One Catholic ChurchMichael Pakaluk
The headlines last week proclaimed that Pope Francis had changed the Church's teaching on the death penalty, causing consternation among some Catholics. Why? They were reacting not simply to the evident ...
Never againJaymie Stuart Wolfe
''Never again." These are words we say when we discover that something unimaginably horrid has occurred. They are what we said when we saw the photographs of concentration camp victims being liberated ...
Take and EatScott Hahn
Sometimes we feel like Elijah in today's First Reading. We want to lie down and die, keenly aware of our failures--that we seem to be getting no better at doing what God wants of us. We can be tempted ...
A Church of sinnersRichard Doerflinger
Catholics are rightly horrified by the reported sexual exploitation of boys and men by Archbishop Theodore E. McCarrick, now resigned from the College of Cardinals. Other Church leaders knew of his misdeeds ...
Summer is finishing, the need isn'tDebbie Rambo
As summer camps finish for the season, summer feeding programs end, and families prepare to send their children back to school we see a spike in demand at our food pantries across the region. In fact, ...
The McCarrick messBishop Robert Barron
When I was going through school, the devil was presented to us as a myth, a literary device, a symbolic manner of signaling the presence of evil in the world. I will admit to internalizing this view and ...
Why is Michael a saint?Father Kenneth Doyle
Q. I am not a Christian, but I enjoy reading your column and learn a lot from it. I am hoping that you can explain why St. Michael the Archangel is regarded as a saint. I have always been under the impression ...
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Culture & Events
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Summer is finishing, the need isn'tDebbie Rambo
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So far, so goodDick Flavin
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A Church of sinnersRichard Doerflinger
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The McCarrick messBishop Robert Barron
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McCarrick scandal illustrates the harm clericalism has done to churchRussell Shaw
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WYD-1993: The Turning PointGeorge Weigel
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Pope Leo XIII opens the Vatican Secret ArchivesThomas Lester
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Promethean medical temptationsFather Tadeusz Pacholczyk
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Lefty O'DoulDick Flavin
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Faith & Family
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Never againJaymie Stuart Wolfe
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Take and EatScott Hahn
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A welcome revision to the CatechismArchbishop Jose H. Gomez
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The Reform of the Clergy, Phase IIFather Roger Landry
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Why is Michael a saint?Father Kenneth Doyle
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Aging well may start in the mindAdam Johnson
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What happens in the Church can't stay in the ChurchDeacon Christopher Connelly
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Patron saint for purgatory?Father Kenneth Doyle
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WHY ACCOMPANIMENT INVOLVES APOLOGETICSBishop Robert Barron
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Belongings and belongingJaymie Stuart Wolfe
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Spirituality
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One Catholic ChurchMichael Pakaluk
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Why I Believe in GodFather Ron Rolheiser
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Standing on New BordersFather Ron Rolheiser
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Policy needed to address bishops' violations of the vows of celibacyCardinal Sean P. O'Malley
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A Slur that Cuts DeepFather Ron Rolheiser
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MourningFather Ron Rolheiser
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Stirring the Smoldering Ashes of our FaithFather Ron Rolheiser
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Time for tough loveFather Eugene Hemrick
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On Being the Beloved DiscipleFather Ron Rolheiser
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Mercy, Truth, and Pastoral PracticeFather Ron Rolheiser
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In Depth
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Does God make people gay? A theologian respondsMary Rezac Catholic News Agency
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Why Catholics should beware as high-tech 'deepfake' videos emergeKevin Jones
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A conversation about 'Humanae Vitae' may finally be possibleCharlie Camosy
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Cardinal O'Malley: 'We join in the national mourning'Cardinal Sean P. O'malley
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