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Six qualities of authentic love
Love is a free gift; it cannot be coerced, manipulated, or commodified. The greatest example of this is found in the Incarnation. […]
Fulton Sheen
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Christ the Divine Troubler
On the Readings for Sunday, November 5, 2017 […]
Books
The roots, rise, and collapse of Catholicism in America
Dr. Christopher Shannon is a member of the History Department at Christendom College and author and co-author of several books. His most recent book is American Pilgrimage: A Historical Journey through Catholic Life in a […]
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Six Popes chronicles a full and fascinating priestly life
As a young boy I was under the impression that every priest had an office in the Vatican and was on close terms with the pope. When the pastor of my local parish included stories […]
News Briefs
Peoria diocese continues promoting Sheen’s beatification cause
Archbishop Fulton Sheen / Dumont Network
Washington D.C., May 10, 2021 / 12:00 pm (CNA).
The Diocese of Peoria is continuing to promote the cause for beatification of Ven. Fulton Sheen, almost 18 months after his planned beatification Mass was a… […]
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Preachers who are in love with Christ
On the Readings for April 15, 2018, the Third Sunday of Easter […]
Essay
Singing through Advent, Part Four: The Gloria and Nunc Dimittis
As our Advent journey draws to a close, we want to consider the last two canticles presented for our prayerful consideration by St. Luke, the Gloria1 and Nunc Dimittis. We now move into the second […]
Books
Dominican theologian: The goal of the priesthood is to get people to heaven
Father Romanus Cessario, O.P., reminds readers of the eternal focus of the priest, takes aim at the buzzword “discernment,” and shows why every attack on the […]
Essay
Lent and the Lord’s question: “Who do you say that I am?”
We have no excuse for not knowing who Jesus is, nor of failing to understand the implications of the assertions we make about Him in […]
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The return to reason requires hard work, rigorous thought—and faith
Today, we are deluged with information, voices, images, and pitches. It’s not a matter of tuning out, but one of fine tuning our minds to […]