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Endless filth needs transparency, truth, tiers and tearsElizabeth Scalia

It was terrible to learn that Jean Vanier -- whom so many Catholics had looked up to as the saintly, heroic founder of L'Arche -- had been manipulating and abusing women who came to him seeking spiritual ...

Pope Francis: 10 titles for 10 years Elizabeth Scalia

Before he was known for anything else, Pope Francis was known as "the first non-European pope in nearly 1,300 years." Over the last 10 years, he has led the church with energy and optimism, traveling ...

Why it is good and necessary to take pajama daysElizabeth Scalia

Lather. Rinse. Repeat. Although I've given up grousing for Lent, I recently found myself complaining to anyone who would listen that life was beginning to feel like the instructions on a bottle of ...

Praying for Bishop Alvarez, with Benedict, Van Thuan and Kung Elizabeth Scalia

In recent news, a train derailment in Ohio threatens to spread toxicity throughout the environment. In recent news, the U.S. government is shooting "spy balloons" and other unknown objects from the sky. In ...

A terrible unity: Tyre Nichols cries out and the nation hearsElizabeth Scalia

"Mama!" "Mom!" "Ma!" The call, the voices -- they come like distant echoes, and always when I am least expecting it. Often, they resound through my memory in those shadowed minutes before sleep comes. "Mama!" ...

It is good to let the jeering skulls laugh Elizabeth Scalia

Like St. Teresa of Avila, I have a skull on my desk. Two, actually -- one plain and one riotously decorated in green and purple. I think they're funny; they remind me not to take myself, or the world, ...