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God’s not dead—but the franchise is
A disappointing release for the Easter season, the third installment in the “God’s Not Dead” franchise goes out with a whimper rather than a bang. […]
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The Seven Last Words from the Cross: “Into Your hands I commend My spirit”
As we listen to the dying Savior, two words draw our attention: “Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit.” “Father” and “thy” are the keys […]
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Two SCOTUS cases may well reveal “the demon in democracy”
Cases from California and Colorado involving two different social issues—abortion and same-sex marriage—raise the same question about free speech and conscience. […]
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The Seven Last Words from the Cross: “It is consummated”
If most people were asked when Jesus’ hour of glory began, they would probably say Easter morning. But according to the Evangelist John, the hour […]
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Misunderstanding NFP: Where Catholics and non-Catholics get it wrong
Dr. Janet Smith, a professor at Sacred Heart Major Seminary in Detroit and a Catholic speaker and author on marriage and family, on what Humanae Vitae […]
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Pope Francis’ tough talk about media spin rings hollow
The Holy Father’s condemnation of those “who twist reality and invent stories for their own benefit, without concern for the good name of others” is […]
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The Seven Last Words from the Cross: “I Thirst!”
For what does He thirst? Surely not for the narcotic mentioned in Mark 15:36. No, Jesus thirsts for more important things, but the Cross separates […]
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The legal and moral genius of St. Thomas More
A new book examines the life and mind of a man who is today much revered—and misunderstood. […]
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Seven Last Words from the Cross: “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”
Why evil? Why suffering? Why death? Why do bad things happen to good people? Why does God seem so far removed from it all? […]
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As things change in Vatican communications office, will they stay the same?
“In both form and substance,” says Andrea Gagliarducci of CNA, sources have said, appointing Msgr. Lucio Adrian Ruiz to replace Msgr. Dario Edoardo Viganò as prefect of […]