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Attracting Attention: Virtue or Vice?

by Marisa Pereira February 25, 2013

If your upbringing was anything similar to mine, you were probably raised to believe that attracting any kind of attention to yourself was a sin. Seeking attention usually evolved from the sin of vanity or pride, I understood. I therefore…

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The Language of Life

by Denise Hunnell, M.D. February 25, 2013

Planned Parenthood has seen the polling data and is backing away from the term “pro-choice.” This is not surprising.
You cannot claim to support a woman’s “right to choose” unless you fill in the blank and say what she can…

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Glorified Bodies

by Cari Donaldson February 22, 2013

As odd as it sounds, I’m always grateful when I’m sick at the same time the kids are.  I mean, sure, there’s the obvious problem that when suffering from whole body aches and fever chills, I’m not exactly excited to…

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Divorced Catholics and the Eucharist

by Cathy Caridi, J.C.L. February 21, 2013

Q:  What does canon law really say about divorced people receiving Holy Communion?  –Sean
A: The issue of who may, and who may not, receive the Eucharist lawfully is a canonical question with deep theological roots. Consequently, the Church has…

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Catholic, Heroic…and Young

by Abigail Wilkinson February 20, 2013

“Let no one have contempt for your youth, but set an example for those who believe, in speech, conduct, love, faith, and purity.” (1 Timothy 4:12) Catholic youth have the potential to do great work in the Church to spread…

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Top Ten Sequester Cuts Obama Really Hates!

by Keith Koffler February 20, 2013

President Obama is excoriating Republicans for threatening to allow the sequester – the one Obama insisted on – to kick in, claiming all sorts of intolerable spending cuts will occur and calamitous things will happen if something isn’t done to…

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The Pope’s Vision for the Future

by Dr. Robert Moynihan February 19, 2013

A vision for the future of the Church set forth in 1969, 44 years ago, by the relatively young theologian Joseph Ratzinger, then 42 — so at almost the exact midpoint of his life from his birth in 1927 until…

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The Rise of Evangelical Catholicism

by George Weigel February 19, 2013

For more than 30 years it’s been my privilege to explore the Catholic Church in all its extraordinary variety and diversity. I’ve traveled from inner-city parishes to the corridors of the Vatican; from the barrios of Bogota to the streets…

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Two Unique Lives, One Single Message

by Fr. Shenan J. Boquet February 18, 2013

That is why I am telling you not to worry about your life and what you are to eat, nor about your body and how you are to clothe it. Surely life means more than food, and the body more…

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Ben Carson’s Heresy in the Church of Obama

by Dr. Paul Kengor February 18, 2013

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The liberal media is apoplectic over remarks made by Dr. Ben Carson at the National Prayer Breakfast. Carson, a prominent pediatric surgeon from Johns Hopkins University, dared to weigh in on healthcare reform—something he knows something about. Actually,…

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