The Ultimate Ethnic Joke
We’ve all heard enough ethnic jokes to know that they can be hurtful because they are usually based on stereotypes—that [...]
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03, 2020
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03, 2020
Making Lent Meaningful
Lent is a time for deepening our faith and growing closer to God. Traditionally, for Catholics and many other Christians, [...]
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02, 2020
Tribute to “The Little Poor One,” St. Francis of Assisi
St. Francis of Assisi, Stained Glass Window. Slovenia Many have believed that St. Francis of Assisi lived [...]
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02, 2020
Memo to Those Who Still Hate Trump
A friend recently said that she didn’t vote for Donald Trump in 2016 because of the offensive statements he had [...]
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02, 2020
The Media Are Ignoring This Book
The only way to cast an informed vote for political candidates is to become familiar with their qualifications for office. [...]
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02, 2020
Renewing Catholic Respect for Reason
Rodin's The Thinker I recently noted that though the Catholic Church was once Reason’s greatest champion, in recent [...]
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02, 2020
Footnote to the Impeachment Effort
Two fundamental errors in logic have been evident in the movement to drive President Trump from office. One is the [...]
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01, 2020
The Mother of All Sins
Théodore Géricault, Portrait of Envious Woman It is often said that the father of all sins is [...]
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01, 2020
The Catholic View of Faith and Reason
For centuries many people have considered faith and reason mutually exclusive rather than complementary. This notion has led many non-religious [...]
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01, 2020
The Communion of Saints
The phrase “the Communion of Saints” is very familiar to Catholics, especially older ones, because it is in the Apostles’ [...]