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The Bible: The Singularly Great Book

(Photo: Lightstock) The Great Books of Western Civilization were published in the middle of the twentieth century as a series of...

Jared Staudt

Jul 244 min read

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The perils of polarization

(Photo: Unsplash) CRACOW — Adam Michnik was one of the great wordsmiths of the revolution of conscience that began to form in mid-1970s...

George Weigel

Jul 233 min read

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Why I Stopped Blaming God: A Catholic Mother's Story of Loss and Hope

Meg suffered her miscarriage in silence for a whole year, until God broke through, bringing healing and new life. (Photo: Lightstock) By...

Guest Contributor

Jul 224 min read

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Living Without Fear: A Catholic Response to Terror Threats and Global Tension

(Photo: Unsplash) By Deacon Ernest Martinez When missiles fly between nations and headlines warn of rising terror threats, the natural...

Guest Contributor

Jul 214 min read

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Simple Rules: Guidance for a Weary Soul

(Photo: Unsplash) “What has been is what will be, and what has been done is what will be done; and there is nothing new under the sun.” —...

Paul Winkler

Jul 184 min read

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How to Pray as a Mother with Young Kids

(Photo: Lightstock) This is a summary of talks I have given on a “postpartum spirituality,” which technically means “after birth.” Having...

Allison Auth

Jul 174 min read

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Do not fold, spindle, or mutilate

(Photo: Unsplash) "Do not fold, spindle, or mutilate” was printed on the punch cards that fed data into IBM computers in the 1950s, when...

George Weigel

Jul 163 min read

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The Texas Floods: How to Answer Your Children Who Are Asking Questions

A call to prayer from a 9-year old who just wanted to know the answer to one question: ‘Did the girls who died go straight to heaven?...

National Catholic Register

Jul 114 min read

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Why We Need the Creed: An Anniversary that Matters

Mosaic detail of Christ Pantocrator from the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul. (Photo: Public Domain/Wikimedia Commons) Anniversaries help us to...

Jared Staudt

Jul 105 min read

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The Ascension vs. Human Composting

Ascension by Francisco Camilo, c. 1651. Background added. (Photos: Public Domain/Unsplash) There are many reasons to regret the transfer...

George Weigel

Jul 93 min read

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Independence Day #249

(Photo: Lightstock, edited) In the twelve months leading up to next year’s American semiquincentennial, the tale will frequently be told...

George Weigel

Jul 23 min read

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God Keeps His Promise: A Pentecost Art Reflection on the Advocate Who Dwells Within

Pentecost by Jean Restout, c. 1732. (Photo: Public Domain/Wikimedia Commons) It is easy to be caught off guard by Pentecost. If I don’t...

Elizabeth Zelasko

Jun 274 min read

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Solidarity: The Path Between Nationalism and Globalism

(Photo: Lightstock) We are one human family, yet we are born as members of a particular nation. Christians are reborn as members of...

Jared Staudt

Jun 264 min read

Mystical scene of two figures in foggy landscape, near large trees and rocks. Soft light and muted colors create a serene, ethereal mood.

Why Adam and Eve Weren’t Ashamed — and Why That Still Matters Today

What Adam and Eve's Original Nakedness in the Garden of Eden Reveals About God’s Plan and True Intimacy, According to the Theology of the...

Mary Beth Bonacci

Jun 264 min read

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The Only Guaranteed Investment

(Photo: Unsplash) I’m certainly no financial wizard. One look at my bank account will verify that (please send help?!). But with my...

Tanner Kalina

Jun 254 min read

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On Flannery O’Connor’s Centenary

(Photo: Adobe Stock) How appropriate that Flannery O’Connor should have been born on the Solemnity of the Annunciation: the liturgical...

George Weigel

Jun 253 min read

Clergy in red robes gather in a grand cathedral with ornate arches and a lavish altar, creating a solemn, ceremonial atmosphere.

Meeting the world to convert the world

Vatican II in session, circa 1962-1965. (Photo: Catholic Press/Wikimedia Commons) In a June post at the website Where Peter Is , author...

George Weigel

Jun 223 min read

A man in a beige suit angrily yells into a white rotary phone. Glasses are on the table in a neutral white setting. Emotion: frustration.

Against the War of Words: An Open Letter to Catholic Leaders

(Photo: Unsplash) During my childhood, communism, which Pope Leo XIII had condemned in the previous century, loomed as a global threat...

Paul Winkler

Jun 204 min read

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Wounded Love: Self-protection vs. Self-gift

(Photo: Lightstock) My first job at a parish after graduating from college was a bit of a shock. Coming down the mountain, so to speak,...

Allison Auth

Jun 194 min read

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“Public” does not = “state” or “government”

(Photo: Unsplash) In its recent non-decision, St. Isidore of Seville Virtual Catholic School v. Drummond , the U.S. Supreme Court let...

George Weigel

Jun 183 min read

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