Moral transhumanism: testing the limits with Ignatian sensibilities
Joseph Vukov is an associate professor of philosophy at Loyola University Chicago, where he is also an affiliate faculty member in psychology and Catholic...
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How to celebrate a Catholic Christmas
(OSV News) -- For Catholics, great feasts like Christmas don't come at us out of the blue: In the secular world, "Christmas" seems to start in October!...
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How to celebrate a Catholic Christmas
(OSV News) -- For Catholics, great feasts like Christmas don't come at us out of the blue: In the secular world, "Christmas" seems to start in October!...
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Preventing the nightmare before Christmas
(OSV News) -- A friend -- we'll call her Barbara -- once confided to my husband and me: "I hate to admit this, but, deep in my gut, I'm dreading the holidays....
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Distinguishing between what God wills and what God allows
(OSV News) -- Question: Which of the following events were God's will? The Fall of man? The Crucifixion? The most recent car accident you were in? Last...
Read More'Everyone can fit around the manger': Three Kings Parades flood Poland's streets on Epiphany
WARSAW, Poland (OSV News) -- Every year on the feast of the Epiphany, Jan. 6, Polish cities get flooded with joyful Three Kings Parades. Designed as theatrical...
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Epiphany of the Lord: Traditions that focus on the 'rey de reyes'
(OSV News) -- After preparing for the birth of Jesus with posadas, live Nativity scenes, midnight Masses and Nochebuena (Christmas Eve) traditions, thousands...
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Cómo celebrar una Navidad católica
-- Para los católicos, las grandes fiestas como la Navidad no surgen de la nada. Pero en el mundo secular, la "Navidad" parece comenzar en octubre....
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Prevenir la pesadilla antes de Navidad
-- Una amiga, a la que llamaremos Bárbara, nos dijo una vez a mi marido y a mí: "Odio admitirlo, pero, en el fondo de mis entrañas, temo...
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Los pesebres napolitanos nos llaman a ver a Cristo dondequiera que estemos
-- Según los estándares estadounidenses, la Via San Gregorio Armeno ni siquiera calificaría como un callejón. Mide quizás 5 pies de ancho, pero apenas...
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Friday abstinence: Getting to the meat of the matter
(OSV News) -- Long ago, in the days before the Second Vatican Council, those who felt a certain distaste for the Catholic faith were wont to speak of their...
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La pobreza encarnada: La inspiración detrás del pesebre que preparó de San Francisco en el día de Navidad
ROMA (OSV News) -- Cada año, el Vaticano presenta un Nacimiento de una diócesis diferente, a menudo utilizando materiales o estilos artísticos...
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Poverty Incarnate: The inspiration behind St. Francis' Nativity crèche
ROME (OSV News) -- Every year, the Vatican unveils a Nativity scene from a different diocese, often using materials or artistic styles from the particular...
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USCCB president on his relationships with Pope Francis and Cardinal Pierre, the synod's influence and Bishop Strickland's status
BALTIMORE (OSV News) -- Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio is just beginning his second year of his three-year term as president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic...
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From head to heart: The turning point of St. John Henry Newman
(OSV News) -- In his autobiography, "Apologia Pro Vita Sua," St. John Henry Newman recalls the great turning point of his life in precise, surprisingly...
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