It’s time for a global discernment. This starts with examining ourselves and then taking a long, hard look at the global realities and local realities we might not want to see.
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I’m a Catholic Trump voter. I hope Americans can find a better way to talk about politics.
We Catholics ought to be at the forefront in establishing a better way for Americans to discuss matters of political significance.
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In Pacific Palisades, paradise lost
I have trouble talking about the loss without tearing up, as if the smoke and ash from Los Angeles traveled across the country to find me.
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A prayer for a city I love, the City of Angels
In Los Angeles, people stay for the movie credits. After the awful images of these fires are gone, they will stay to rebuild their city, too.
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Fighting for my right to receive Communion as a Catholic with celiac disease
While I would never wish this disease on anyone, it has prompted a personal eucharistic revival of sorts within my own spiritual life.
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Two nuns reflect on how Alzheimer’s has affected their lives
“I want to be a companion to Sister Sheral on this journey for as long as I have breath,” Sister Maureen Sinnott writes.
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The radical Gospel response to the deep challenges of homelessness: unconditional love
The eyes of faith allowed us to see the people we served as people who shared in the purpose of life we all have been tasked with: to love and be loved.
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The tragedy of Syria—and what we all could have done differently
Why did we fail, so often, to help?
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Let the chaos of the Christmas pageant bring you closer to Christ
What better way to celebrate Christmas than to have faith in things unseen, to find hope in a child.
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Why I stopped listening to ‘Last Christmas’—and how it won me back
If God can work through both the rich and the poor, the meek and the mighty, surely God can also work through all types of music and art.