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The Paschal Mystery proclaimed in creation

January 6, 2024 Matthew J. Ramage, Ph.D. 6

My last column delved into the Church’s belief that each creature—even those we find irritating or inconsequential—mirrors the beauty of the divine Logos in our world. Yet, even as every feature of the cosmos reflects […]

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New book provides a mixed but beautiful history of Mary Magdalene

July 21, 2023 David Paul Deavel 7

“Brace yourself!” reads one of those memes going around Catholic Twitter that shows the actor Sean Bean as Tolkien’s Boromir looking into the wind. It continues, “Bad Mary Magdalene takes are coming.” Though I prepared […]

The Dispatch

St. John the Baptist: A martyr for the truth about marriage

June 23, 2021 Peter M.J. Stravinskas 4

Many years ago, a play came out called “The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner,” the point being that the life of such an athlete is unique and requires a certain style of personality and […]

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James Faulkner on playing St. Paul: “This role was a game changer for me…”

July 16, 2018 Jim Graves 2

“Paul’s faith is one that has love at the very heart of it,” says the noted English actor in discussing Paul, Apostle of Christ, “a love […]

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“Loosing the Lion”: Why the “underdog” Gospel is a model for preachers and a rollicking good ride

January 30, 2018 Carl E. Olson 9

“Mark’s is a Gospel of secrecy, of mystery,” says Dr. Leroy Huizenga, author of a new commentary on the Gospel of Mark, “and so one […]

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During the first day of the United States Conference for Catholic Bishops’ fall meeting in Baltimore, Catholic Relief Services CEO Dr. Carolyn Woo presented an overview of the organization’s efforts in the Philippines, struck late […]

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