In his World Youth Day address of 2015, Pope Francis echoed the teaching of Pope Benedict when he posited that “Purchasing is always a moral – and not simply an economic act.” With this observation, […]
A parish in the Diocese of Lansing has just filed a federal civil rights complaint against the state of Michigan, asserting that its religious liberty is threatened by a new interpretation of state law. In […]
At a time when the emphasis on the nuclear family has noticeably weakened, thousands of children face the prospect of growing up without ever having established permanent family connections. There are more than 400,000 children […]
On November 15, fans and followers of Angel Studios’ popular crowd-funded series The Chosen streamed into the historic Fox Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia to see the first two episodes of Season Three on the big […]
Father Gordon J. MacRae, wrongly convicted of sexual misconduct, may finally be freed soon, after serving nearly thirty years in prison. Father MacRae, who tells his story on his blog Beyond These Stone Walls, has […]
In 1991, at the age of 29, Canadian-born actor Michael J. Fox was diagnosed with young-onset Parkinson’s disease. Fox, whose roles included the iconic Alex P. Keaton in the NBC sitcom “Family Ties,” and Marty […]
There is a common misconception – among the secular community, but also among some Christians – that the Church should not speak on politics, and should not try to “impose” its views on anyone. To […]
Twenty years after the U.S. Bishops implemented the Dallas Charter, a nationwide policy for handling accusations of clerical abuse, priests still feel the effects. One of the most compelling problems identified in a landmark survey […]
“This Dust Was Once the Man,” wrote the poet Walt Whitman in 1871. Whitman was eulogizing President Abraham Lincoln, who had died just six years before. In his poem, he acknowledged what we all know: […]
When English author Mary Shelley published her novel Frankenstein in 1818, the world saw her lead character, scientist Victor Frankenstein, for what he was: a wildly misguided and sinister researcher whose work would upset the […]
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