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What Exactly is Easter?
I. As a general principle, an honest man will want to know what something is, or is said to be, before he decides whether he thinks it is true or that he must do anything […]
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Columns
Subduing the Earth: Dominion or Domination?
In the previous installment of this column, I reflected on the present-day significance of Adam’s vocation to avad (“till” or “cultivate”) and shamar (“keep” or “care for”) the Garden of Eden. At that time, I […]
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Jesus is the Christ: A response to Msgr. Kevin Irwin
A recent piece by Msgr. Kevin Irwin in America has garnered attention. The article was originally titled “The Eucharist is the body of Christ, not the body of Jesus,” which left many scratching their heads. […]
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Unlocking the mystery of relics
There have been some reports in the news lately about relics arriving on U.S. soil. On April 3, a relic of Blessed Carlos Acutis, the first millennial to be beatified, arrived in New York. The […]
Analysis
Words matter: On Christ, clerics, and the sacraments
My wife loves puzzles. She has been working on a thousand-piece puzzle since last December and is determined to complete it by herself. As she nears the end, I noticed that several pieces of the […]
News Briefs
Pope Francis: Without liturgy, Christianity is without the whole of Christ
Vatican City, Feb 3, 2021 / 04:10 am (CNA).- Pope Francis said on Wednesday that it is essential for Christians to participate in the liturgy and the sacraments to encounter the Real Presence of Jesus.
“Every time we celebrate a baptism, or cons… […]
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To the Memory of His Eminence Carlo Cardinal Caffarra
Overcoming the schematism of the casuistic approach, which opposes the norm against conscience and remains entangled in the sterile debate between rigorism and laxism, Cardinal […]
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St. Augustine’s Wisdom: Adam, Eve, Christ, and the Church
If we read the story of the fall in the light of Christ’s redemptive sacrifice, it would cease being just a story. […]
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The growing secular totalitarianism—and our Catholic response
A Republican congressman shot; a Republican Senator threatened with death if he doesn’t vote the left’s way on Obamacare; an elite software developer who spent almost a half-a-billion dollars promoting gay marriage calling for the […]