“Every tragic death brings with it great pain. But when it snatches (the lives of) five adolescents and a young mother, it is immense, unbearable without God’s help,” he told members of the victims’ families Sept. 12.
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Podcast: Pope Francis’ critics are dividing the church
This week on Jesuitical, Zac and Ashley talk with Mike Lewis about Pope Francis’ reactionary critics and the troubling divisions that plague the U.S. church.
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My father lost his Catholic faith—but God never left him
My father turned away from religion. While reading his old letters, I got a glimpse of some of his earlier experiences with the Church.
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Our plans for school this year will probably fail—and that’s O.K.
Remote, in-person or home schooling: They are all impossible. So why worry about failing?
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Covid-19 in the land where Jesus walked
During Jerusalem’s lockdown, my family saw the Holy Land—and each other—with new eyes.
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Contemplating creation through the lens of a wildlife camera
Bobcats, bears, foxes, hares, deer, raccoons, birds and the occasional coyote: Each day we capture wildlife on our trail camera, and my twin daughters continually become more entranced by animals.
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Why did Christ choose a fisherman?
Jesus called his followers to be fishers of men. We can understand this better if we consider what it takes to be a fisher of fish.
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White parents adopting Black kids raises hard questions. We can all learn from them.
Racial identity shapes people’s lives in a thousand and one ways, writes Holly Taylor Coolman, who describes the challenges for white parents adopting a Black or biracial child.
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USCCB’s 2020 Natural Family Planning Awareness Week slated for July 19-25
In its observance of Natural Family Planning Awareness Week, the USCCB is launching a campaign to celebrate “God’s design for married love and the gift of life.”
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Lancet report urges phasing out institutional care for children
A report in the noted medical journals The Lancet Psychiatry and The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health have called for the phasing out of institutionalized care for children, favoring family-based care.