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Satan: Past, Present, and Future
“Very few people believe in the devil these days,” stated Fulton Sheen in 1958, “which suits the devil very well. He is always helping to […]
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The Creative Catholic: Sally Read
Sally Read, who is English and now lives in Italy with her husband and family, is the author of several collections of poetry as well as the memoir Night’s Bright Darkness: A Modern Conversion Story, which […]
History
Thoughts on the Western Wall, Fifty Years Later
Photographs can capture exceptional moments in an iconic way, making the original experience “present” emotionally as well as pictorially. The photo of U.S. Marines raising the American flag on Iwo Jima’s Mt. Suribachi “means a […]
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“Wonder Woman” is one of the best superhero movies ever made
MPAA Rating: PG-13 USCCB Rating: A-III Reel Rating: 4 out of 5 reels Following the enormous success of Marvel’s cinematic franchise, Warner Brothers attempted to start their own comic movie universe in 2013 with Man […]
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Kathy Griffin and the Vanishing of Argument
By now the whole world has heard about comedian Kathy Griffin’s appalling staged-photo of herself holding a mock-up of the bloody, severed head of Donald Trump. Despite her rather pathetic apology, a firestorm of protest […]
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Night and Soho
The lanterns glow through the dusk as the summer evening darkens into twilight. Meanwhile revelers in the garden square make their way slowly to the gates as the park-keeper gradually rounds them up. More noisily, […]
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On 50th anniversary of Catholic Charismatic Renewal, Francis focuses on “reconciled diversity”
“God is not polygamous; he is monogamous, he has only one Bride,” said Rev. Giovanni Traettino, the Pentecostal pastor from Caserta who became famous overnight three years ago when Pope Francis decided to flip protocol […]
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Sunday morning at London Bridge
They let me thorough the police cordon on Sunday morning when I explained I wanted to get to Mass. “Father Chris sent a message to say it might have to be in the school hall, […]
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Why Mark Zuckerberg’s call for a “universal basic income” is flawed
Facebook founder and billionaire Mark Zuckerberg’s Commencement speech at Harvard made a big splash. It was a warm-hearted, encouraging, interesting address, enriched by some endearing personal vignettes. It was also politically progressive to the core: […]
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Vin Scully and Patricia Heaton reflect on centrality of Christ in their lives
The Orange Catholic Foundation, which raises funds for Catholic schools in the Diocese of Orange, California, held its 15th annual Conference on Business & Ethics in May at the Anaheim Hilton, a hotel across the […]