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Gender-Bending Child Abuse

by Louie Verrecchio March 1, 2013

On February 26, 2013, the Denver Post ran an article that contained the following:
Colorado parents of transgender 1st-grader file complaint over restroom ban.
The parents of a transgender 6-year-old have filed a complaint with the Colorado Civil Rights Division…

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Scandals in Perspective

by Fr. Michael P. Orsi February 28, 2013

In the ensuing days before a Conclave gathers to elect a new pope the Church is being wracked with scandalous revelations.  These pertain to the alleged misbehavior of Cardinal Keith O’Brien, of Scotland, a report of a highly placed homosexual…

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How to Keep a Good Lent

by Dr. Ryan N.S. Topping February 27, 2013

The beauty of ritual is that it breaks up the monotony of change.  Every year it’s the same question: what are you giving up for Lent? Around Ash Wednesday, in pious circles at least, fasting ideas are traded like baseball…

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True Catholic Mercy

by Marcellino D'Ambrosio, Ph.D. February 26, 2013

Most religions in the ancient world were local, national cults.  The Egyptians worshiped Isis and Osiris.  Athens was named after the goddess Athena.  Ephesus was the center of the cult of Artemis.
But when the Church was born on Pentecost…

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Pope Benedict’s Farewell Angelus

by Pope Benedict XVI February 25, 2013

Dear brothers and sisters!
On the second Sunday of Lent, the liturgy always presents us with the Gospel of the Transfiguration of the Lord. The evangelist Luke places particular emphasis on the fact that Jesus was transfigured as he prayed:…

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I Will Never Convert Anyone

by Cate Roberts February 22, 2013

Like everyone else, I awoke last week to every media outlet abuzz with news of Pope Benedict XVI announcing his abdication. I only briefly read news stories from a couple of online papers that I frequent, and then spent most…

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Why Is God Absent?

by Stephen Beale February 21, 2013

The winds were roaring, the trees were creaking, and Hurricane Gloria was wreaking havoc with the backyard of my family home in rural Massachusetts.
 
Finally, one ash tree yielded to the winds and the four-story wooden behemoth came crashing…

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Spiritual Combat and Your Weapons of Choice

by Fr. Ed Broom February 20, 2013

The word of God teaches us that our life on earth is warfare and the Lord reminds us that if we have decided to follow the Lord we must be prepared for combat. The Sacrament of Confirmation strengthens the Gifts…

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How Science Is Finding Faith

by Stephen Beale February 19, 2013

Sometimes, we run so far away from something that we are eventually forced to confront it face to face.
Such might be the story of modern science and God. Ever since the Enlightenment, science has sought naturalistic explanations as alternatives…

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Fearless and Fiery: the Letters of Catherine of Siena

by Judy Keane February 18, 2013

In today’s world of Facebook, text messaging, tweets and instagrams – receiving a hand written letter imbued with deep spiritual sentiment and edifying insight is a rare thing indeed.  In fact, it would be rare to ever receive such a…

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