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Resolved: Become a Better Catch

by Anthony Buono January 13, 2012

Another year, another long list of New Year’s resolutions waiting to be broken or fizzle out. I am not much of a New Year’s resolution person, but many are. God bless them! The spirit of wanting to make a change…

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The Joyful Cast and Crew of “Joyful Noise”

by Peggy Bowes January 13, 2012

Todd Graff, the writer and director of “Joyful Noise,” has good reason to be joyful. He achieved a coup that has eluded producers and directors for the past two decades— he got Dolly Parton to star in his movie. Graff…

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“To be a child of God means…”

by Saints Editor January 12, 2012

To be a child of God
means to be led by the hand of God,
to do the will of God, not one’s own will,
to place every care and every hope in the hand of God
and not to…

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Bishops Finalize Report on Ex corde Ecclesiae Implementation

by The Cardinal Newman Society Staff January 12, 2012

So what effect has Blessed John Paul II’s Ex corde Ecclesiae had on Catholic colleges in America? Has it infringed on academic freedom and created a new Inquisition as some academicians publicly worried at the time of its release. Or…

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Don’t Just Say It — Pray It!

by Lynn Bifulco January 12, 2012

My name is Lynn and I’m a pray-er. I pray alone, with family, with friends, in church, and in community. I pray the holy rosary, the Divine Mercy chaplet, the Angelus. I pray in tongues. I am part of a…

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An Explosive Cocktail to Toast the New Year’s Upheaval

by Martin Shaw January 12, 2012

Two major developments in 2011 are of fundamental importance for the future of the world. First, the Arab upheavals have demonstrated that people power will have immense importance worldwide in the coming decade. The evident fear of contagion on the…

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The Sins of the Fathers Aren’t Chips in the Dating Game

by Amy Bonaccorso January 12, 2012

The Christmas season brought an influx of articles and posts about family. Normally, “family” is one of those words that evokes that  warm, toasty feeling. When dating, though, family can cause much anxiety.
People don’t only assess individuals as spousal…

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Dollars and Sense: The Economics of Gay Marriage

by MercatorNet January 12, 2012

Douglas Allen is a Canadian expert on the economics of social institutions. He has discussed same sex marriage from an economic point of view in articles in leading law journals. MercatorNet interviewed him about the consequences of legalising same sex…

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Freed Slaves Take on Brazilian Government

by Catholic Relief Services January 11, 2012

Many among the 42 families in the Nova Conquista, or New Conquest, settlement share horror stories of toiling away on fields in Brazil’s Amazon for little or no pay. Enslavement often began with a recruiter paid to lure workers to…

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The Red Card Solution

by The Center for Vision and Values January 11, 2012

Editor’s Note: The following is an e-publication from The Center for Vision & Values at Grove City College that discusses a recent column by Ann Coulter that criticized Newt Gingrich for advocating Helen Krieble’s “Red Card Solution” for America’s illegal…

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