Each grandparent finds their own way to maintain connections, build relationships and meet the challenges of sharing their Catholic faith from afar.
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Is it time for the U.S. church to hold a regional synod to address the abuse crisis?
Reacting to the scandal of clergy sex abuse and cover-up 17 years ago, eight bishops offered a bold proposal to convene a regional synod for the church in the United States.
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The science is in: Faith can be effective against adolescent depression
All youth counselors should be aware of this connection.
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David Brooks on William F. Buckley Jr.
“I was very much introduced to the Catholic world through Buckley,” David Brooks says about William F. Buckley Jr., the founder of National Review and one of the leading intellectuals of the conservative movement in the United States beginning in the mid-1950s.
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David Brooks on his life-changing pilgrimage with St. Augustine and Dorothy Day
The long pilgrimage of David Brooks has led him to explore Christianity and embrace a life lived in tension.
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Remembering the life and poetry of Marie Ponsot
During her lifetime, poetry turned into a vocation that helped Marie Ponsot achieve her true essence.
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Democrats continue to debate role of faith in 2020 campaign
Senator Chris Coons said Democrats choosing to ignore faith “hides away the deep, passionate and formative faith backgrounds of so many Democrats.”
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Can the technology behind Bitcoin be used to build a belief system?
Bitcoin has value because people believe in it and evangelize it, and the more that value increases, the more incentive there is to evangelize it.
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Review: Elaine Pagels on what it means to be human
A new memoir by Elaine Pagels plumbs some of the deepest questions about what it means to be human and how ritual and faith can help make sense of the unfathomable.
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What our lonely culture can learn from L’Arche, the Last Supper and ‘love feasts’
The United States is suffering from an epidemic of despair. The Doctrine of the Twelve Apostles, one of the earliest descriptions of a Christian community, offers one way to cultivate love.