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Perspective

A white sun symbolizing the Holy Spirit against a blue to yellow gradient, representing hope.
Monsignor Bernie Schmidt gives a blessing at the altar, surrounded by candles and a gathering.

Jared Staudt

May 16, 2024

4

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Back to the Land: Following the Land’s Liturgy

We shook on it. After too many moves, my wife and I committed to move once more into a small cabin on the land. After years of false...

A white sun symbolizing the Holy Spirit against a blue to yellow gradient, representing hope.
Monsignor Bernie Schmidt gives a blessing at the altar, surrounded by candles and a gathering.

George Weigel

May 15, 2024

3

min read

Unity in what?

Among the many urgent questions raised by the Synods on the Family in 2014 and 2015 and the current Synod on Synodality – questions that...

A white sun symbolizing the Holy Spirit against a blue to yellow gradient, representing hope.
Monsignor Bernie Schmidt gives a blessing at the altar, surrounded by candles and a gathering.

Guest Contributor

May 12, 2024

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“Dear mother, your motherhood can transform the world:” The mission of the Catholic mother

(Photo: Bethany Beck / Unsplash) By Sandra Morales, associate director of family ministries for the Archdiocese of Denver To write this...

A white sun symbolizing the Holy Spirit against a blue to yellow gradient, representing hope.
Monsignor Bernie Schmidt gives a blessing at the altar, surrounded by candles and a gathering.

George Weigel

May 8, 2024

3

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Playing the venereal game

A book subtitled The Venereal Game is not normally one to be recommended in a family newspaper. Bear with me, however. The book’s title,...

A white sun symbolizing the Holy Spirit against a blue to yellow gradient, representing hope.
Monsignor Bernie Schmidt gives a blessing at the altar, surrounded by candles and a gathering.

George Weigel

May 1, 2024

3

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Against cosmic melancholia

On September 5, 1977, “Voyager 1,” built by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, was launched from Cape Canaveral atop a Titan IIIE rocket....

A white sun symbolizing the Holy Spirit against a blue to yellow gradient, representing hope.
Monsignor Bernie Schmidt gives a blessing at the altar, surrounded by candles and a gathering.

Jared Staudt

Apr 25, 2024

4

min read

The Fullness of Life: Bishop Erik Varden’s Resurrection of Chastity

While Lent offers us a clear path of conversion, turning away from the world, Easter invites us into God’s own life. In Lent, we seek to...

A white sun symbolizing the Holy Spirit against a blue to yellow gradient, representing hope.
Monsignor Bernie Schmidt gives a blessing at the altar, surrounded by candles and a gathering.

George Weigel

Apr 24, 2024

3

min read

Thoughts on "Dignitas Infinita"

(Photo by David Iliff / License: CC-BY-SA 3.0 / via Wikipedia) When the always well-written and often wrongheaded New Yorker dislikes ...

A white sun symbolizing the Holy Spirit against a blue to yellow gradient, representing hope.
Monsignor Bernie Schmidt gives a blessing at the altar, surrounded by candles and a gathering.

Paul Winkler

Apr 19, 2024

3

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Making God a Partner in Your Business

(Photo: Adobe Stock) As a Catholic business leader, you have likely heard in every homily at every Mass you have attended that you should...

A white sun symbolizing the Holy Spirit against a blue to yellow gradient, representing hope.
Monsignor Bernie Schmidt gives a blessing at the altar, surrounded by candles and a gathering.

Mary Beth Bonacci

Apr 18, 2024

5

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Heaven Opened: The Holy Mass as a Gift of Grace

(Photo: Pexels) A few years ago, I brought a friend to Mass with me. She grew up with no religious faith, but had fond childhood memories...

A white sun symbolizing the Holy Spirit against a blue to yellow gradient, representing hope.
Monsignor Bernie Schmidt gives a blessing at the altar, surrounded by candles and a gathering.

George Weigel

Apr 17, 2024

3

min read

Radiant in the GULAG and elsewhere

In Jesus of Nazareth – Holy Week , Pope Benedict XVI remarked on the striking parallel between the presence of the holy women at the...

A white sun symbolizing the Holy Spirit against a blue to yellow gradient, representing hope.
Monsignor Bernie Schmidt gives a blessing at the altar, surrounded by candles and a gathering.

Jared Staudt

Apr 11, 2024

4

min read

The New Temple: How Easter Changes Religion

“Destroy this temple, and I will rebuild it in three days.” This mysterious statement led, in part at least, to Christ’s death, brought...

A white sun symbolizing the Holy Spirit against a blue to yellow gradient, representing hope.
Monsignor Bernie Schmidt gives a blessing at the altar, surrounded by candles and a gathering.

George Weigel

Apr 10, 2024

3

min read

When ideology and blasphemy meet

In May 1993, the “World Russian People’s Council,” a “meeting place” for those “concerned about the present and future of Russia,” was...

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