We must not fear losing priests because we ask the right questions of our bishops.
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Mary Karr’s unlikely conversion to Catholicism
The best-selling memoirist on her turn from agnosticism to the Catholic Church and how Ignatian spirituality has changed her life
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Why do we look for God in a hurricane?
God is not some petulant deity sending disaster upon those who disobey; God is the God who meets us in disaster.
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Four tips for surviving the sign of peace at Mass
Navigating that 30-second trial of social competency that causes even the most extroverted of Catholics to break a sweat
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My daughter’s alcoholism and recovery changed how I see the parable of the prodigal son
Do not ever let anyone say that sobriety is easy on a family: The return of a prodigal can spark consuming fires.
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Why more U.S. Catholics should know about St. Alberto Hurtado, S.J.
We often make a distinction between charity and justice. This 20th-century Chilean saint practiced both.
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A deadly crash on the Feast of the Assumption
The car flipped over 10 times. Maybe 15. I woke up to steel smashing against cement, over and over, over and over. Glass shattered and flew in my face and hair.
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How D.C. Catholics are leading the response to the clergy sexual abuse scandal
My parish decided to “own” the response to the sexual abuse scandal. One year later, this is what we’ve learned.
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My wife left me after 30 years of marriage. Jesuit spirituality helps me love her now.
I pray we are merely on temporarily divergent, independent journeys to our best personal selves so that, someday, we can meet again downstream in conjoined bliss.
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What one man’s honest, uncensored response to the Eucharist taught me about faith
As the rest of the congregation, myself included, averted our eyes as our Lord stood in our midst, this man did not look away.