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An Esther Moment

by Peter Saunders on June 19, 2013 · 3 comments

At her coronation in 1953 Queen Elizabeth II was asked by the Archbishop of Canterbury:
“Will you to the utmost of your power maintain the Laws of God and the true profession of the Gospel? Will you to the utmost…

Recent reports from the Guangdong province show coercion in China’s infamous one-child policy is once again on the rise. Women in the southern city of Huizhou, which has a population of 4 million, are being targeted for sterilization. Those who…

The logic works like this: If homosexual acts are moral, as so many now insist, then they should be normative. If they are normative, they should be taught in our schools as a standard. If they are a standard, they…

Have you ever danced in your living room when no one was home? I don’t mean danced like you would at a party when you know all eyes can see you, but really danced, with only God’s eyes on you.…

The Most Oppressed People in the World

by Anne Morse June 12, 2013

Burma, a secluded country of almost 60 million people, sits in the corner of Southeast Asia between India and China. Also known as Myanmar, Burma currently has a fertility rate of 2.21 children and, unique for its part of the…

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Michael Douglas’s HPV Connection

by Pam Stenzel June 11, 2013

It has been fascinating to watch the media try to deal with Michael Douglas once again admitting that his throat cancer was caused by the HPV virus. When he was first diagnosed, I read his admission in People magazine where…

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Evolution and the Eye Test

by S. Adam Seagrave June 10, 2013

Today professional athletes are almost always evaluated by “scientific,” i.e. statistical, measurements of success and value, but the old-fashioned “eye test” is sometimes still invoked. The eye test refers to one’s impression from actually watching an athlete or team compete,…

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The Josephites Welcome Seven New Priests!

by The Josephites June 6, 2013

The Josephites (The Society of St. Joseph of the Sacred Heart) welcomed seven new priests on June 1 at the Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, DC.
Bishop John H. Ricard, SSJ, rector of St. Joseph Seminary in Washington,…

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Life: Who Is Qualified?

by Rebecca Smith June 6, 2013

Have you ever stopped and thought about what it means to be a completely unique, completely individual human being? Have you ever considered the fact that, out of all the people who have ever been and who will ever be,…

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The Tin Cup Rattleth

by Dan Lord June 5, 2013

At the very least, readers can give me a scrimption of credit for providing a catchy title to this latest installment of our Catholic Exchange summer fundraiser, even if begging was the last topic you wanted to read about today.…

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