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It is naïve to imagine that any conversation possesses a single explicit meaning.

Pope Francis calls us to be humbler and more generous priests.

One puts down Thoreau inspired, resolved to live more deliberately and more authentically.

The life of the sister of philosopher Blaise Pascal is a monument to the struggle of women.

You don’t “make” a retreat. If anything, the retreat makes you.

“Breaking Bad” has meant far more than entertainment to its legions of viewers.

A coworker of mine was struggling to get her students to understand the concept of tolerance during a discussion in her sophomore English class. Seeing in class a pair of best friends, one Christian and the other Muslim, she used them as an example of people who showed tolerance towards each other.

I’m not sure if any official guidelines exist about going to a priest for spiritual direction; but if they do, I’m fairly certain that “Remember to insult your spiritual director at the first meeting” is not among them.In my defense, it wasn’t intentional. I’d kno

There is something unfair, unnatural about the sharpshooter’s trade.