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The truth that set him free
“I believe the Lord has put me here for this very moment. Throughout all of the pain, the Lord has never left me alone. He has continued to love me, […]
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After meeting pope, cardinal says he’s hopeful about addressing crisis
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo of Galveston-Houston struck a determinedly hopeful tone after his long-awaited meeting with Pope Francis to discuss the growing sexual abuse crisis in […]
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Letter to an angry friend
My friend, thank you for writing. You have every right to be angry. The recent revelations about sexual abuses and what Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo calls the “grave moral failures […]
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Celebrating our technicolor glory
My wife and I moved from the Midwest to the East Coast a few years ago. There was a predictable amount of culture shock for both of us in leaving […]
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Cures for ‘chronic news funk’
I have been a news junkie almost all my life. I’ve read a daily newspaper since grammar school, progressing from comics to sports to the front page. I was the first […]
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A little boy meets a pastor
A remarkable video of Pope Francis answering a young boy’s deeply personal question was posted by Catholic News Service recently. It moved many viewers to tears. It also moved some […]
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A pro-life opportunity
“Pro-life includes sensible gun control.” It was one among a forest of signs at the recent March for Our Lives in Washington, D.C., that attracted hundreds of thousands of demonstrators, […]
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Doggone it, kids are great
My wife and I have taken to watching the population boom of dogs in commercials. Have you noticed they are everywhere? Dogs are the new children, but better groomed. Pet […]
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Racial healing and God’s mercy
In 1961, there was a best-selling book called “Black Like Me.” It was the story of a journalist named John Howard Griffin, who changed his skin color from white to […]
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Caring for ‘the other America’
In the wake of Donald Trump’s election as president, much has been made of the voters he attracted, usually identified as white, male, small town and rural, working class. While […]
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A plea for our fellow Catholics
This Advent, stop worrying about Christmas presents and hanging lights, negotiating mall traffic or scouring the web for the perfect gift. This Advent, imagine that you and your family lose […]
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Mass murder and our culture of death
On Nov. 14, Kevin Janson Neal paced about a remote elementary school in the small Northern California community of Rancho Tehama Reserve, apparently looking for children to shoot during a […]