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Dealing with Pandemic PTSD
I’d like a show of hands for how many of you tested positive for COVID this summer. Or felt terrible but didn’t have any tests on-hand. Or self-diagnosed your distress […]
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Is Sunday a Wasted Opportunity?
It’s not every day that The New York Times runs a story about Catholics and Eucharistic adoration. Yet the National Eucharistic Congress held in July in Indianapolis caught the attention […]
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A Toast – and Advice – to Those Beginning their Marital Journey
I must have skipped the chapter in my “how to parent” instruction manual where it talked about weddings. Not my wedding, of course, but all the weddings of my kids, […]
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‘Father Justin’ Explains It All for You
Years ago, I remember a supermarket tabloid cover story about the Vatican creating a robot priest. The image on the cover was an R2D2 type of robot with a confessional […]
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Let’s Celebrate Easter for a While
This year, I’m glad to see Lent come to an end, and not just because of Easter alleluias and Cadbury dark chocolate eggs. It was a tough Lent. Part of […]
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‘You Will Never Wash My Feet!’
Soon enough, we will be celebrating Holy Thursday, also known as the Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper. The Gospel reading for that Mass is John 13:1-15, which is not […]
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How Deep Are Our Political Divisions?
The movie, musical, and now musical movie “Mean Girls” is a reminder of one of the more miserable sides of adolescence: in groups and out groups, the cool kids and […]
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How Do We Win the Abortion Battle? Maybe Like This
For abortion’s opponents, it has been a frustrating year. When it came to the courts, the pro-life movement scored its most significant victory when the U.S. Supreme Court in 2022 […]
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Can the Laity Save the Church?
There’s a good chance that Russell Shaw is one of the most prolific contemporary authors and commentators on the Catholic Church that you may never have heard of. Defiantly unretired, […]
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Synod Sojourn: Listening for Simple Whispers of the Spirit
For many Catholics, Pope Francis’ decision to call for a synod on synodality is akin to the boss calling a meeting to discuss meetings – more likely to earn a […]
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Catholic Media Use on the Upswing
The good news today is that Catholics are still reading, listening, and watching Catholic materials. The better news is that the numbers who are reading, listening, and watching have been […]
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When it Comes to Homilies, we Can do Better
I suffered through another mission homily recently. Like almost all the mission and aid appeals I’ve heard over the past several years, it did not slay. This despite the fact […]