The devil in the details: Sensationalizing crime
Article Author: Bryan Cones We shouldn’t let sensationalized crime become an occasion of sin.I once heard a bishop explain to confirmation candidates what it means to, in the words of the baptismal...
View ArticleCrash course: Family "collisions" allow moments of grace
Article Author: Annemarie Scobey Brace yourself: A family, like a universe, needs an occasional collision to keep growing.Our family went to Chicago’s Adler Planetarium last year and saw the feature...
View ArticleLooking at love and relationships
Article Author: Julie Hanlon Rubio Fifty years after the game-changing Second Vatican Council a new generation helps the church respond to today’s signs of the times. Theologian Julie Hanlon Rubio...
View ArticleLike a good neighbor: The lessons of the Good Samaritan
Article Author: Paul Lakeland The Good Samaritan points the way to a humbler, holier church.We need more humility in the church today. It is a sad truth that these days we live in a divided church, as...
View ArticleDo you have faith in your vote?
Article Author: Heather Grennan GaryCatholics are valued voters for the candidates because they take their faith and their role in democracy seriously. In a 2008 U.S. Catholic survey, though, readers...
View ArticleLet's Get Political
Article Author: J. Peter Nixon How parishes can successfully navigate this election year and promote faithful citizenship.The year 2008 was a tough one for preachers. In March a video of the Rev....
View ArticleLet’s talk about what? Telling your kids about "the birds and the bees"
Article Author: Catherine O'Connell-Cahill Don’t swat away the birds and the bees. Start the conversation early with your kids.The only test I ever flunked was in my freshman year of Catholic high...
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