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Contemplating life and love with St. Pope John Paul II

April 1, 2025 Susan Ciancio 2

Twenty years ago, on April 2, 2005, St. John Paul II died, ending his 26-year pontificate. Throughout his long pontificate, he boldly taught the importance of building a culture of life. In Evangelium Vitae (given […]

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Texas school shooting: Answer to cause of massacre lies in the culture of death, archbishop says

June 8, 2022 Catholic News Agency 0

Texans on June 5, 2022, visit the memorial at Robb Elementary School dedicated to the victims of the May shooting in Uvalde, Texas. / Shutterstock

San Antonio, Texas, Jun 8, 2022 / 16:00 pm (CNA).
What caused the massacre at an elementary schoo… […]

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A Time to Read Nicolas Diat’s “A Time to Die”

March 25, 2020 Matthew C. Nickel, Ph.D. 5

In the age of COVID-19, death has become a daily subject around the dinner table, in the grocery store, and at a social distance even at the gas station. We are now constantly reminded in […]

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A tale of two countries, a choice between two cultures

February 22, 2018 K. V. Turley 10

Ireland has forgotten or become blind to how much good has been done since a protection for mother and unborn child was enshrined in its […]

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It’s a culture war, stupid

August 23, 2017 George Weigel 5

To reduce a human being to an object whose value is measured by “utility” is to destroy one of the building blocks of the democratic […]

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A conversation with Dr. Pia Matthews about sanctity, disability, and the culture of death

May 3, 2017 Edward Short 1

In speaking with Dr. Pia Matthews, the author of God’s Wild Flowers: Saints with Disabilities (Gracewing, 2016), a brilliant meditation on how sanctity and disability intersect in the lives of the Saints, I am struck not only […]

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