Editorial — Stop sowing division
How often in the last decade or more have partisanship, division and calls for unity been inked on the commentary pages of this and…
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Editorial — What we’re really waiting for
It will be tempting to say that this will be a Christmas season like no other. But we should resist that temptation because it…
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Editorial — A time to heal?
We are finally easing our way into the holiday season and away from the time of endless political advertisements, robo calls, incessant emails asking…
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Editorial — The nation’s first Black cardinal
There is little doubt in this awful year of COVID and political confusion and unrest that our nation is finally beginning to face a…
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Teaching Our Faith — Every life has a purpose
These teaching editorials focus on issues that are highlighted during October’s Respect Life Month. On September 22 of this year, the Vatican’s Congregation for…
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Editorial — Pastoral tips for coping
The Record’s counterpart in the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis did a great kindness recently. The Catholic Spirit published a public service story…
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Editorial — Let’s refocus on Jesus
A cynic might give thanks that, with all the turmoil we’re experiencing in 2020, a pandemic has kept us from gathering. Can you imagine…
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Editorial – Reflect on what’s important
Back in 1963 famed historian, Richard Hofstadter produced a work of lasting significance called Anti-Intellectualism in American Life. Though it won the Pulitzer Prize…
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Editorial — Collaborate for common good
Amid the frustrations and challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Vatican’s Pontifical Academy for Life has issued two documents that take a broad view…
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Editorial — Everybody’s problem
The struggle for racial equality in this nation is filled with empty promises, vacuous rhetoric — and excuses. The police excuse violence against minorities…
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