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The difference between a sinner and a saint can perhaps be summed up in one word: selfishness.

Those who act in self-indulgent ways, thinking only of themselves, are easily led to sin. Those who look outward, putting the needs…

"On him shall hang all the glory of his family." — Isaiah 22:24

The Church celebrates the feast of the Holy Family on the first Sunday following Christmas. The feast of the Holy Family was extended to the universal…

The same year that Columbus discovered America, the Italian Renaissance artist Piero della Francesca died. He left as his last work a painting of the Nativity. This masterpiece now displayed in the National Gallery in London unfolds for us with…

There are duds, and then there's the final report of the Iraq Study Group. Some in Washington had hoped — naively, I believe — that this group of Washington "wise men" (and women) would somehow come up with an instant,…

Christmas Eve, 1941: Sergeant Sidney Stewart was preparing American troops to leave Manila to fight the Japanese in Bataan. Working late in his office, he looked up to find a white-robed Catholic priest at his door. Stewart, a Protestant boy…

For most of us, Christmas is a time of great joy, a warm and wonderful family celebration of the birth of our Savior. As we ponder the scene at the manger, however, I doubt many of us think about the…

The conflict shows up in quiet ways, all over the place, this time of year.

You see it in restaurants and stores, as waitresses pour your last cup of coffee, or shop clerks hand you your receipt. Suddenly, it's there,…

You have to wonder whether the people who believe that animals should have equal standing with humans ever consider the lessons to the contrary presented to us every day in the tabloids and women's magazines. In some ways I find…

Oklahoma State University received the largest single gift ever given to an NCAA athletic program: $165 million. Alumnus Boone Pickens, after whom OSU's football stadium is named, wrote the check.

Pickens is quite the philanthropist. He's also made large…