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St. Anthony: Help Us Find Healing!

May 28, 2019

Many of us have wanted to believe that the Catholic Church had finally turned a corner in dealing with the crime of clerical sexual abuse.

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The Gospels According to Saint Francis

April 30, 2019
Francis sums up his love for God in his simple little prayer: “My God and my all.”
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An image of Mary and the child Jesus is seen along a street in Rome May 3, 2023. (CNS photo/Justin McLellan)

Pope Francis on Mary’s ‘Yes’

April 29, 2019
Mary never distanced herself from love: throughout her life her whole being is a “yes” to that love, it is the “yes” to God.
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Climate change

Fighting Climate Change

April 19, 2019
Pope Francis has taken his name seriously by fighting climate change directly.
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Easter: The Resurrection Narratives

April 18, 2019
Easter is at the center of our faith. Paul affirms: “If Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain, and your faith is in vain” (1 Corinthians 15:14).
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Saint Francis and Pope Francis: Men of peace

Pope Francis & Saint Francis: Models of Peace

April 18, 2019
The faith life of Saint Francis was never still. Though he was comfortable with solitude and prayer, he was a doer.
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Honoring the Sabbath, Honoring Creation

April 14, 2019
So it is that the Sabbath, if practiced well, is no refuge from our everyday lives, but a reorientation that should come to permeate them.
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