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Living between the poles: How to be faithful in a time of conflict

November 21, 2021 Francis X. Maier 5

I was on a Zoom conference call a couple of weeks ago. The face of one of the men on the screen was especially old and cranky. He had squinty eyes behind wire-rimmed glasses reminiscent […]

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A paradoxical and Catholic discussion of faith and reason

August 11, 2021 Brian Welter 7

Theology: Mythos or Logos consists of a series of letters between two Catholic thinkers with distinctive stances on the reason- or faith-based approaches to the faith. These stances are somewhat artificial given the Church’s long […]

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U.S. Olympian takes her Catholic faith to Tokyo games

July 1, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

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Washington D.C., Jul 1, 2021 / 03:00 am (CNA).
U.S. Olympic gymnast Grace McCallum is bringing both her skills and her Catholic faith to the Tokyo games in July. McCallum does not travel anywhere without her rosary an… […]

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Pope Francis: How often do we fixate on our problems rather than bringing them to God?

June 20, 2021 Catholic News Agency 2

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Vatican City, Jun 20, 2021 / 06:05 am (CNA).
In his Angelus message this Sunday, Pope Francis offered a reminder that the Lord wants us to seek his presence in the t… […]

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Pro-abortion billboard campaign in Kentucky draws pro-life response

April 17, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

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Louisville, Ky., Apr 17, 2021 / 17:03 pm (CNA).
“The Catholic Church has a deep and cherished commitment to give voice to the child in the womb and to support mothers in choosing life for their unborn childre… […]

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Survey: Americans more likely to say that pandemic strengthened their faith

January 27, 2021 CNA Daily News 0

Washington D.C., Jan 27, 2021 / 12:37 pm (CNA).- Americans are more likely than people in other developed countries to say their faith has strengthened during the pandemic, according to a new survey from the Pew Research Center. 

 

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The Dispatch

The implicit faith of “Follow the science”

January 4, 2021 David G. Bonagura, Jr. 14

“Follow the science” ranks high on 2020’s long list of patronizing phrases. If we yield obsequiously to scientific data, we are told, coronavirus, climate change, and all our other problems will be solved. “Science will […]

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Giving a damn (about work, life, and faith)

November 23, 2020 Father Jerry J. Pokorsky 4

Remove modern cultural sentimental accretions from the Catholic faith, and a muscular Church Militant emerges from the Catholic tradition. We are in an epic, life-long battle for the salvation of souls. Hence, military metaphors are […]

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Society of Catholic Scientists conference to focus on what it means to be human

May 28, 2019 Stephen Barr 5

There is a widespread impression that science and faith don’t go together. Recent studies, in fact, have shown that this is the most common reason given by young people who abandon their faith. The idea, […]

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Doubt and faith in a secular age

February 27, 2018 Peter M.J. Stravinskas 4

Some Lenten lessons in belief from Saint Thérèse of Lisieux, Mother Teresa, and Flannery O’Connor. […]

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