
Countering Violence
While incidents of violence range in scope and size, they all leave damage and suffering in their wake. Such violence stands in sharp contrast to the beauty of life that God created.
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While incidents of violence range in scope and size, they all leave damage and suffering in their wake. Such violence stands in sharp contrast to the beauty of life that God created.

Why does the Roman Catholic Church call itself that? Jesus stood against everything that the Roman Empire represented—the power, the might and the violence. Rome figured mightily in his death on the cross.

May we seek to adopt an imaginative and prayerful stance toward an abundant reality. May creativity help us to mine that reality and heighten our awareness of grace.

Most of us know someone who we think was very faithful, and yet that person has died. In our eyes, they have seen death—quite literally.

What is the absolute root cause of evil? How can an absolute evil (the devil) come from an absolute good (God)?

Jesus commands the Church’s members to practice radical forgiveness of one another.

The prophet Habakkuk names what so many of us feel when prayers go unanswered or when injustice drags on. But God’s answer is tender and clear: the vision still has its time.

Why do so many graduates of Catholic schools become agnostics or atheists or join other churches?

“Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God that things that are God’s” (Mark 12:17). While others rightly have authority over many things, this must always be exercised in accordance with God’s divine law.

Pope Francis summarized the importance of Sacred Heart devotion to several saints and the Jesuits, in general.