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Make poverty personal
On the fifth World Day of the Poor Nov. 14, Pope Francis called for a different approach to poverty, urging the world’s people to…
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Discernment for the synod
Obscure-sounding church initiatives don’t usually garner much attention beyond avid church-watchers. But the 2023 Synod on Synodality has proven to be an exception. It…
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Get the shots
People — lots of people — are still getting sick from COVID-19. Some of them are dying, just like the nearly 700,000 Americans who…
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An economy for all
The pandemic’s tragic impact on human life in the United States is told daily by the mounting numbers of dead Americans. We’re above 651,000…
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Haiti needs our
help — again
Haiti can’t catch a break. Time and time again — from the turn of the 20th century right up to the present — the…
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Your church needs you
As their children return to school this year, families are holding tightly to one of the three theological virtues of faith, hope and love….
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Vaccination is about
protecting vulnerable life
The latest omnipresent Facebook poll asks what purports to be a simple yes or no question: Do you personally know anyone who has had…
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Editorial – Why we need missionary disciples
A monk who professed solemn vows at the Abbey of Gethsemani earlier this month was 30 years old before he encountered Christianity. Brother Abel…
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Editorial — Contrary to the Gospel
First the good news. Last week the South Carolina Supreme Court blocked the planned executions of two inmates. Now the bad. The executions are…
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Editorial — A heart without borders
In the introduction to “Fratelli Tutti,” the 2020 encyclical on fraternity and social friendship, Pope Francis discusses the simple life of St. Francis of…
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