Cardinal Tobin’s letter to President Trump, requesting clemency for a convicted murderer, drew attention to a pair of important aspects of the Church’s contemporary consideration of capital punishment.
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The Syro-Malabar calendar reminds the faithful that the ordinary story of salvation remains extraordinary for all time.
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Erdogan's decision to (re)convert Hagia Sophia into a mosque raises a number of important issues.
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Good and evil are so intertwined that sometimes it is hard to recognize which is which.
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A daily dose of the saints is good for the health of a disciple of Christ, to know that he is not alone along the way.
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It’s a question of balance. Is the fame being used to advance the good work? Or is the good work being used to advance the fame?
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Although the 150-year-old document affirmed the definition of papal infallibility, that does not touch the daily life of the Church in the same way as does the affirmation of the universal jurisdiction of the pope.
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That bishops might hide things that they should share or, even worse, tell lies, is now widely accepted. The real news is that it is no longer newsworthy.
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The late composer’s score for The Mission is not only a masterful composition, it is truly sacred music.
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Statues bring together geography and history at a specific place and a specific time.
Read MoreCanada’s China consensus had a very long roll. But the inertia is no more. Mulroney has seen to that.
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Blessed Rolondo’s brief life summarizes the totalitarian persecution of the faith in the 20th century.
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If missionary expansion is considered an evil enterprise, then the very foundations of Hispanic Catholicism in the United States are compromised.
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The argument put forth was not the usual diplomatic prattle.
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The disgraced ex-cardinal used his influence in 1993 to send a treasure icon of the Blessed Mother to the Polish Pope for safekeeping.
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For any and for all, to die in the company of those who love you is a blessing most desired. Too many have died alone these months.
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What is the relationship between the office of supreme pontiff and the man who holds it?
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The flaw in 'following the science' is that it assumes that a policy option can be drawn from a scientific finding absent a value judgment.
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