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Bishop's Column: In Truth and Charity

Lenten Message of Bishop Rhoades

As we begin the 40 days of Lent, I invite you to meditate on Jesus’ parable of the publican and the Pharisee, contained in the Gospel of Luke (chapter 18, […]

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Jesuit’s Bible guide can benefit both individuals, study groups

By Mitch Finley In the 50-plus years since the publication of the Second Vatican Council’s Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation (“Dei Verbum,” Nov. 18, 1965), Scripture has become a more […]

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The Sunday Gospel

Find hope by trusting in the Lord

Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time Mark 1:29-39 The Book of Job is the source of this weekend’s first reading. This book furnishes few details about the identity of Job. It […]

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The Emerald City and fidelity to Christ

Here we are, in an awkward time of the year. Christmas is over, and now it just seems as though we need to sit tight and wait for Lent to […]

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Catholic Relief spans 75 years

Guest Commentary by Bishop Gregory Mansour Julek Plowy is 78 years old. Of Polish descent, born in Siberia, he had a successful career in business in the United States. But […]

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Hypocrisy in Hollywood

Guest Commentary by Teresa Tomeo Hollywood and the media are being very vocal, at least since the Harvey Weinstein scandal broke, in their support of campaigns such as “Time’s Up” […]

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The Sunday Gospel

Jesus speaks with the authority of God

Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time Mark 1:21-28 The Book of Deuteronomy furnishes the first reading for this weekend. Deuteronomy appears in Bibles as the fifth book in sequence in the […]

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Assisted suicide: It’s about all of us

Even after working on an issue for decades, you can come across one thing that shifts your perception of what it’s about. That happened to me recently on the issue […]

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Fear, men and locked doors of our hearts

Men are more wired to assess threats than women; maybe that is partly why the disciples hid in fear behind locked doors after Jesus’ crucifixion (John 20:19-23). Fear perceives the […]

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The Human Condition

‘Where do you stay?’

In the Gospel we heard a couple weeks ago at Sunday Mass (John 1.35-42), John the Baptist pointed out Jesus to two of his followers — “Behold, the Lamb of […]

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Bishop's Column: In Truth and Charity

Bishop’s Homily at Diocesan Mass at March for Life

The following is the homily delivered by Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades on January 20th at the Mass at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, […]

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To be or not to be — parsing the implications of suicide

In recent years we have witnessed a growing tendency to promote suicide as a way of resolving end-stage suffering. Physician-assisted suicide is now legal in a handful of states, and […]