I see myself as a beloved son of the Father, one who happens to be attracted to men.
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Was Pope Francis right to tell a child his atheist dad may be in heaven?
Francis showed us how to risk simply embracing the hurting world. No explaining, just loving.
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It’s O.K. to complain about the demands of faith. But how you vent matters.
Venting is good. Venting is sometimes lifesaving. But it matters where you vent and why.
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In the midst of angst about my growing family, three words helped me find peace.
Could I really be happy if my primary focus for years to come was managing a house full of babies?
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Why it’s important for parishes to have difficult conversations about race and sex
Every Sunday we would encounter each other, serve food and wash dishes “hip to hip.”
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Why would anyone choose to run a 100-mile race?
The suffering of ultrarunning is physical and mental, sharp and dull, here and there. And yet, it is joyful.
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Announcing the winner of the 2018 Anne Frank Essay Competition
Congratulations to James Chapman, a sophomore at Creighton Prep in Omaha, Neb.
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For Latino parents, choosing a quince (or not) is not an easy decision.
Given the religious and cultural significance of the quinceañera, why did I chose not to celebrate one for my own daughter?
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Martin Luther King Jr. and today’s road to Jericho
When we say we do not want to live in this time, we are acting more like the priest than like the Samaritan.
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Even as pope, my teacher Joseph Ratzinger always wrote back
My acquaintance with J.R. dates back to when I was a fourth-grade student in Bogenhausen, a suburb of Munich, in the early 1950s.