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A Catholic Response to the Mental Health Crisis

Behind the statistics, facts, and figures on our nation’s mental health crisis are human beings. How the Church and we respond can save lives and help get people who are suffering the help they need.

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Scenes from the Life of the Virgin Mary

As Mary grew older, what would she have thought about her role in the story of our faith tradition? A Franciscan writer imagines just that.
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Be Green: A Meditation on Planet Earth

Surveying our lifestyles and making simple changes can do a world of good and do good for the world.
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We Are One Family

COVID-19 has splintered our human family. But Pope Francis has words of wisdom for us to savor.
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Dust to Dust: An Ash Wednesday Reflection

More than simply a call to give up creature comforts, Lent invites us to confront our vulnerability and embrace our brokenness. It all begins with Ash Wednesday.
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A Catholic Response to Racism

No more documents. No more commissions. Deacon Art Miller says what the Church needs to do to confront racism is to act.
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Lent Reflection: Five Reasons to Go to Confession

One of my greatest joys as a priest during Lent is to be an instrument of God’s mercy to people in the Sacrament of Reconciliation.
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