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Why Is Europe Committing Demographic Suicide?

by Carolyn Moynihan April 15, 2013

Everybody knows about the economic woes of Europe. In the media you cannot get away from it. What we seldom hear about is a problem that puts debt crises and austerity riots in the shade: the region’s demographic suicide. Europeans,…

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Why Gregorian Chant Rocks

by Judy Keane April 15, 2013

Today we can scarcely go to a clothing store, a health club or even a gas station without being besieged by a variety of thumping, agitating and jarring music blasting from speakers above.  While I appreciate a variety of music,…

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Social Media Makes Us Ruder

by Tamara Rajakariar April 15, 2013

Have you ever argued with a friend on Facebook? Blocked or deleted them after a virtual agreement? Well, it turns out that you’re not alone. It’s actually a thing!
It doesn’t surprise me at all that relationships – whether with…

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Scripture Speaks: Third Sunday of Easter

by Gayle Somers April 12, 2013

During Christ’s Passion, Peter stood near the warmth of a charcoal fire and denied knowing Him.  Today, Jesus and Peter meet again near a charcoal fire.  Why?
Gospel (Read Jn 21:1-19)
St. John tells us that an appearance of Jesus…

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Enemies of the Human Race

by Jennifer Morse April 12, 2013

Radical pro-choice rhetoric attacks the most basic facts of our human existence: that the human body comes in two different but complementary types, male and female. They cannot forgive women who embrace femininity rather than neuter themselves.

They were out…

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This Sunday’s Gospel: Feed My Lambs

by Marcellino D'Ambrosio, Ph.D. April 12, 2013

On many occasions I’ve heard non-Catholics object to the papacy.  Often, they say something like this: “I just can’t believe that one man on earth, the Pope, is holier than everyone else.”  So who ever said that being sinless is…

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Our New Pope’s Challenging Vision

by Archbishop Jose H. Gomez April 11, 2013

I wish all of you and your families Easter blessings! This was a joyful Easter for me and I was touched to see so many of you at our services at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels. In…

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Well Done, Lady Thatcher: The Passing of the Iron Lady

by Dr. Paul Kengor April 11, 2013

Margaret Thatcher, one of the greatest leaders of the Cold War, of the 20th century, and of British history, has died at the age of 87.
 
I’ve referred to her as one of my Cold War seven: Ronald Reagan, John…

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The Liturgy of the Hours Isn’t What You Think

by Stephen Beale April 11, 2013

Chances are you have probably heard of the Liturgy of the Hours, but if the size and cost of a complete four-volume set didn’t ward you off, the dizzying maze of Psalms, antiphons, ribbons, and red-colored directions certainly did.
The…

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The Court Decides: Little Girls Can Buy “Plan B”

by Michael Cook April 11, 2013

Another chapter in the convoluted history of Plan B in the United States: a federal judge has ordered the US Food and Drug Administration to make the “morning after” pill available to girls under 17 without a prescription.
It is…

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