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If You Don’t Trust His Words, Trust His Wounds

by Deacon Tom Fox May 3, 2013

In my first article about Loved, Lost, Found: 17 Divine Mercy Conversions, I introduced Felix Carroll, the author. In the second article, I described just a few of the gripping and emotional stories from the book. I conclude this series…

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Finding St. Joseph

by Sandra Miesel May 1, 2013

Imagine a world where no Christian is named for St. Joseph, where no church or religious organization bears his name. Picture St. Joseph absent from the Mass, the Breviary, the Church calendar, and the Litany of the Saints. No shrines,…

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Tips For a Better College of Cardinals

by George Weigel April 30, 2013

The recent papal interregnum and conclave underscored the importance of re-forming, and reforming, the College of Cardinals.
As configured on Feb. 28, 2013 (when Benedict XVI’s abdication took effect), the college was a somewhat strange electorate, albeit one that produced…

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Five Ways Your Family Can Honor Mary in May

by Sarah Reinhard April 29, 2013

I have a huge devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary, but I’m impeded by a lack of design skill (or interest, really) and a streak of laziness that allows me to be overwhelmed at the drop of a flower.
Last…

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Easter: A Pagan Holiday?

by Fr. William Saunders April 29, 2013

A relative who left the Catholic Church and joined some Messianic-Jewish sect made the comment that Easter was originally a pagan holiday named after some German goddess, Eoster. We had a pretty good argument about that. Where would he get…

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Why Aren’t Demons Saved?

by Stephen Beale April 26, 2013

The eternal damnation of unrepentant sinners has long been the cause of no small amount of anguish among both Christians and unbelievers. Some may wonder how a loving God could allow people to suffer eternal punishment. Others may worry that…

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Where Has the Catholic Funeral Mass Gone?

by Louie Verrecchio April 26, 2013

Make no mistake about it: The Church in our day is in the midst of a terrible, and in many ways unprecedented, crisis of faith. This objective reality, however, is largely lost on the overwhelming majority of Catholics, both clerical…

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Obama Wants Us to Pay for Abortion-Causing Devices, Too!

by Steven Mosher and Elizabeth Crnkovich April 25, 2013

Obamacare’s so-called “contraceptive mandate” has been much in the news. But much of what the administration calls “contraception” is actually abortion.
Take the copper IUD, for example. It is advertised as a contraceptive device, but even the New York Times,…

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Eastertime: A Feast of Faith, Hope and Love

by Charles J. Chaput, O.F.M. Cap. April 24, 2013

A friend once described the spiritual life in this way: Each of us is a child with an instinct for beauty, and God, who is the Beauty behind all beauty, is the hidden presence we naturally seek to touch. We…

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Did the Brothers Tsarnaev Fail?

by Pat Buchanan April 23, 2013

“Whatever they thought they could ultimately achieve, they’ve already failed,” says President Obama of the Boston Marathon bombers. ”They failed because the people of Boston refused to be intimidated. They failed because as Americans we refuse to be terrorized.”
Bostonians…

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