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Archie Battersbee’s Story Highlights the Risks Of Legal Euthanasia

Archie Battersbee’s life tragically ended in a London hospital on Saturday, Aug. 6, when the 12-year-old was removed from the critical life support his family legally fought to continue. Archie’s […]

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Honoring the Legacy of a (Priestly) Father and Friend

By Scott Warden Last summer, I wrote about my family’s friendship with Father Bill Sullivan, who had recently retired from being a pastor — our pastor — in the Diocese […]

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A Right to Contraception?

July 25 marked the 54th anniversary of St. Paul VI’s encyclical “Humanae Vitae,” reaffirming the Church’s teaching on contraception and openness to the gift of new life. Four days earlier, […]

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Our hope is in God’s eternal salvation

Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Luke 12:35-40 The Book of Wisdom is the source of the first reading for this weekend. Nighttime was when the Exodus began – the Hebrews’ […]

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When God opens doors

When a door opens before you, do you walk through? I’m not talking about metaphorical doors, but actual physical doors. Maybe the kind that are triggered by a sensor, or […]

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Where is God on your calendar?

Where does God show up on your calendar? I pose this as a real question, not a rhetorical one. If someone found your planner on the bus or a stranger […]

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Thoughts on the miracle of life, as we march

I want to consider today the extraordinary miracle of human life. It has been like a dagger in my heart that sixty-three million children have died in this country as a […]

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Wisdom calls us to value eternal wealth

Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Luke 12:13-21 The first reading is from the Book of Ecclesiastes, sometimes referred to as the Book of Qoheleth, a book rarely appearing in the […]

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God hears the calling of His people

Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Luke 11:1-13 The Book of Genesis is the source of this weekend’s first reading. As with other passages in this marvelously profound religious book, the […]

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Gun violence and the deep sadness

Like every other reasonable person in our society, I’m worried sick about the phenomenon of gun violence, and I’m especially concerned about what it reveals regarding the status of young […]

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To rest is to be human

“Workaholic,” “productive,” “unstoppable,” “24/7,” “busy bee,” “overachiever,” etc. These words and expressions, and others similar, have come to be omnipresent in our everyday vocabulary. We often feel proud when identified […]

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Roe and the legacy of abortion

On Friday, June 24, the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade (1973) and Planned Parenthood v. Casey (1992) and, by implication, a long line of abortion decisions relying on them. […]