There is no way to explain the success of Catholic school athletes without taking into account a wide range of factors—historical, sociological and, yes, spiritual.
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Should a Catholic priest be fighting in a boxing tournament?
Many people object to anyone, much less a Catholic priest, engaging in what they see as recreational violence.
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The Spiritual Case Against the Mobile Office
In the age of “Hot Desks” and “Hoteling,” we need to look to Jesus, the great sitter.
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What is hopepunk and why is it so quintessentially Catholic?
Hopepunk insists there are streams of life-giving water all around us—stories, people and experiences to which we can still turn for inspiration and renewal.
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What it’s like to set up and tear down a Super Bowl halftime show
When I was 19 years old, a production company paid me to attend the Super Bowl.
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On International Holocaust Remembrance Day, a secret archive will reach a global audience
Members of the Oyneg Shabes wanted to write their own history, a Jewish history, in stark contrast to Nazi Germany’s propaganda.
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Why the writer Richard Rodriguez refuses to be put into a box
Part of Richard Rodriguez’s charm is his refusal to play to people’s expectations of who he should be.
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My ancestor owned 41 slaves. What do I owe their descendants?
Shining a light on the truth, followed by some sort of atonement, seemed the right thing to do, especially at a time of rising and relegitimized white supremacy in the United States.
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The Evolution of René Girard
How one man made us think differently about religion, violence and desire
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Stan Lee showed us nerds (and Catholics) can be heroes
As wild and wonderful as Marvel Comics characters’ superpowers might be, their back stories are always grounded in reality.