Alaska ACLU Demands Media be Barred from Debate about Parental Notification

After weeks of refusing to debate Ballot Measure 2, opponents to the proposed law agreed to discuss the issue in public at the Aug. 13 Rotary International meeting in Anchorage.
Ballot Measure 2 seeks to require abortion practitioners in Alaska… Read More

People Must Know the Church Loves Them

When people doubt whether the church really loves them, they do not listen to her teachings.
This was part of a message delivered by Archbishop Claudio Maria Celli, the senior Vatican official for the global Pontifical Council for Social Communications.… Read More

Christ Chose Frail Humans to Guide his Church

Is the Catholic Church separate from the sins of her members?
In one sense she is not. The wounds inflicted by one member affect all others, sending shockwaves through the whole community.
It is even more difficult when the church’s… Read More

Lenten Challenges

An experienced spiritual director recently observed that the season of Lent can be difficult and even frustrating but that it is also filled with profound graces.
For the past 24 years, Jesuit Father Vincent Beuzer has ministered at Holy Spirit… Read More

Why Haiti?

On January 12, humanity was driven to its knees as the earth shook and the impoverished city of Port-au-Prince fell. Millions of Haitians now mourn the loss of husbands, wives, siblings and tiny babies — more than 200,000 dead and… Read More

Anchorage Archbishop Issues ‘Urgent’ Plea for Catholics to Back Parental Rights Initiative

With time running out, Anchorage Archbishop Roger Schwietz has called all Catholics to actively rally behind a ballot initiative that would require abortion practitioners to obtain permission from – or at least inform – parents before performing abortions on minor… Read More

Hollow Ringing vs. Christian Hope

Great celebrations arise from a kind of euphoria mixed with gratitude and inexpressible love. Think of a newborn child, the reunion of loved ones, the wedding of true soul mates. These are the great moments of the human drama.
Of… Read More

Pregnant Minors Need ‘Choices’

Imagine a situation in which a 16-year-old Alaska girl finds herself pregnant, sitting before her parents and on the verge of telling everything. She knows they will be saddened and disappointed. They might even be angry. She also knows that… Read More

Flesh and Blood Meditations

Flesh and blood have been on the pope’s mind of late.
In at least three public addresses last month he highlighted what many consider the hardest words ever spoken by Christ.
“If you do not eat of the flesh of… Read More

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