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LESSONS FROM THE SUPERBOWLMsgr. Paul Garrity

Before last Sunday most of us had never heard of Malcolm Butler. When he intercepted a one yard line pass from Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson, all we could see was the number 21. Today, however, ...

What Brittany Maynard teaches us Msgr. Paul V. Garrity

Last month two stories captured headlines at about the very same time. A young woman named Brittany Maynard posted a video on YouTube in which she declared that she would end her own life at the beginning ...

Pope Francis and the spirit of SolomonMsgr. Paul V. Garrity

One of the most captivating passages in the Hebrew Scripture is the story of King Solomon who is called upon to end a dispute between two women who are claiming the same baby as their own. Solomon instructs ...

'Not getting it' at the Vatican Msgr. Paul V. Garrity

"Not getting it" is an observation when someone fails to recognize something that is very obvious to others. Those who resisted women's suffrage just didn't get it when they insisted that women were not ...