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Lessons from the underground Catholic Church about spiritual communion
For the first time in anyone’s memory, Catholics in the United States last weekend were unable to attend a public celebration of Mass. Members of [...]
Lessons from the underground Catholic Church about spiritual communion
Features
For the first time in anyone’s memory, Catholics in the United States last weekend were unable to attend a public celebration of Mass. Members of other religious traditions were similarly prevented from attending services. The [...]
The radical and orthodox faith of Dorothy Day
Books
As someone who is involved in the Catholic Worker movement, I am always on the lookout for new texts on the life and work of Dorothy Day, even though a certain redundancy has begun to [...]
Essay
What is a Human?
In my previous article, I argued that a woman is the kind of human who generates within herself. But we can define our terms still more. What does it mean to say a woman is [...]
Essay
Rediscovering the Form of Things: On My Work To Date
I would like to recall a scene of almost two decades past. I was in my first year of doctoral work and was studying, at home on a bright Sunday afternoon. I found myself reflecting [...]
Essay
Lent: A journey, an encounter, and a time of purification
Readings: • Ex 17:3-7 • Psa 95:1-2, 6-7, 8-9 • Rom 5:1-2, 5-8 • Jn 4:5-42 Lent is not merely a season, but a journey, an encounter, and a time of purification. Benedict XVI, in [...]
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“My peace I give to you”: Gaining peace of heart in a time of high anxiety
“Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give it to you. Do not let your hearts be troubled or afraid.” — John 14:27 The [...]
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Seattle archdiocese suspends all public Masses amid coronavirus pandemic
The Archdiocese of Seattle will indefinitely suspend public Masses in response to the coronavirus pandemic, which has left at least 31 dead in Washington, along with 375 people in the state who have tested positive [...]
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Cardinal Pell’s lawyers make final case in High Court appeal
Canberra, Australia, Mar 10, 2020 / 11:30 pm (CNA).- The legal team for Cardinal George Pell laid out their case for appeal before Australia’s High Court Wednesday. Pell himself remained in his prison cell, not [...]
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People have become extraordinarily anxious. The situation is most extreme among political progressives. Surveys show that political and social attitudes among conservatives have mostly been rather stable in recent years, but among liberals they have been [...] -
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The highly anticipated and now much discussed post-synodal apostolic exhortation Querida Amazonia struck me as mostly workmanlike. That’s not to dismiss the importance of the text, or to overlook significant passages. Nor is it to [...] -
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At least 28 priests in northern Italy have died from COVID-19 - Catholic Mass Search:
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Athanasius:
Good point. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn made the same argument regarding the Bolsheviks and their crimes against the Russian people. When evil…
