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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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Acting Like Catholics in America

by Gail Finke April 30, 2013

Lay people, it’s up to you.
That’s the conclusion of Russell Shaw’s alarming but slightly hopeful new book, American Church.
After cataloging exactly how bad things are in the American Church (“dismal,” says Shaw, who does not  mince words), and…

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What’s Wrong With Gossip?

by Judy Keane April 30, 2013

We hear it at the office, around the neighborhood, perhaps among friends and even our relatives.  Entire reality TV series are based on it and tell-all books, talk shows and tabloids make millions from it.  The misuse of social media…

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The Dark Side of Diversity

by Pat Buchanan April 29, 2013

“I do not know the method of drawing up an indictment against a whole people,” said Edmund Burke of the rebellious Americans.
The same holds true of Islam, the majority faith of 49 nations from Morocco to Indonesia, a religion…

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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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How to Spread Abortion Without Getting Your Hands Dirty

by Obianuju Ekeocha April 29, 2013

As I searched online for resources  and initiatives  dedicated to development in Africa , it dawned on me that in this difficult and dry global economic climate , many humanitarian aid projects have been inevitably defunded and there are fewer…

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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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This Sunday’s Gospel: Trials and Unity

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

Often Christians act surprised when they try to do good and things don’t go according to plan.  Sometimes it’s small but irritating annoyances that get in the way, other times serious calamities.
The Bible says that “He shall wipe every…

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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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Scripture Speaks: An Outbreak of God’s Glory

by Gayle Somers April 26, 2013

At the Last Supper, Jesus announces that His betrayal by Judas begins an outbreak of God’s glory.  How can this be?
Gospel (Read Jn 13:31-33a, 34-35)
St. John tells us that after Satan had entered Judas, driving him out into…

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