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Fatima and the Theology of the Body: Part II

by Christopher West May 23, 2013

In honor of Mary, I’ve chosen to focus my columns this month on what I consider an intriguing connection between the messages of Fatima and John Paul II’s Theology of the Body (TOB). In the previous column, I explained how…

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Fatima and the Theology of the Body: Part I

by Christopher West May 22, 2013

May is a month that Catholics traditionally devote to honoring the Blessed Mother. One of my favorite Marian memorials falls in the middle of the month, May 13, when we honor Mary under her title “Our Lady of Fatima.” I’m…

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The Spectator President?

by Pat Buchanan May 21, 2013

No, this is not Watergate or Iran-Contra. Nor is it like the sex scandal that got Bill Clinton impeached.
The AP, IRS and Benghazi matters represent a scandal not of presidential wrongdoing, but of presidential indolence, indifference and incompetence in…

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Planned Parenthood Commends Boston College’s Choice of Commencement Speaker

by Tim Drake May 20, 2013

The Boston affiliate of Planned Parenthood has endorsed Boston College’s choice of Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny as the 2013 commencement speaker. Kenny has supported legislation to loosen Ireland’s abortion restrictions – legislation that has been condemned by Ireland’s bishops.…

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Six Ways to Tune In to the Holy Spirit

by Fr. Nnamdi Moneme, OMV May 19, 2013

Powerful and peaceful transformation! That is one sentence that captures the Pentecost event. Pentecost Sunday’s readings show us that this event radically transformed the scared disciples into courageous witnesses to the murderous Jews. St. John places emphasis on the Holy…

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The Big Same Sex Marriage Lie

by Ryan T. Anderson May 17, 2013

Same-sex marriage will never be widely accepted in America for a simple reason: It’s based on a lie. But don’t take my word on this; leading LGBT scholars and activists say as much.
Take Masha Gessen, acclaimed author and former…

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The Five Most Surprising Names for the Holy Spirit

by Stephen Beale May 16, 2013

In Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit, we have two persons who appear to us in radically different forms, or so it often seems.
Christ is God in the flesh nailed to the Cross. He is the God who wept…

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Give Us Barabbas

by Fr. Michael P. Orsi May 15, 2013

Here we go again!
In recent years two major Catholic universities, Notre Dame and Georgetown have honored pro-choice politicians at their Commencement Exercises, President Barack Obama and Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of Health and Human Services, respectively. Although the bishops of…

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Your Cheap Clothing Has a High Price

by Karl D. Stephan May 15, 2013

When the Rana Plaza garment factory building collapsed on April 24, crushing hundreds of workers under a pile of concrete and machinery that used to be an eight-story factory building, it was like lifting a rock in your garden and…

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Relevant Rock: The Inadvertent Catholicism of Jim James

by Dan Hart May 15, 2013

In a February Rolling Stone interview, Jim James, the lead singer and songwriter of the popular roots rock band My Morning Jacket, had this to say when asked if he was religious: “I call myself a recovering Catholic.”
It’s funny,…

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