
Hope in the Lord — Conscience and faithful citizenship
“Conscience is the voice of God resounding in the human heart.” I quoted this from “Forming Citizens for Faithful Citizenship (2007),” when I drove…
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“Conscience is the voice of God resounding in the human heart.” I quoted this from “Forming Citizens for Faithful Citizenship (2007),” when I drove…
Read MoreThis summer I met two fine priests. The first, Father Jeremy Driscoll, is a Benedictine priest from Oregon who will be with me in…
Read MoreIn March of 1983, Blessed John Paul II, still in the first years of his service as Holy Father, visited South America and spoke…
Read MoreRecently I shared with Extension magazine, the magazine of Catholic Extension, a reflection on my time in East Tennessee and the importance of Catholic…
Read MoreArchbishop Joseph E. Kurtz Last week I was at St. Louis Bertrand Church speaking to a gathering of parents who came together to assist…
Read MoreArchbishop Joseph E. Kurtz Recently I discovered a quote from Blessed John Henry Newman that is quite timely. As I reflected on it in…
Read MoreArchbishop Joseph E. Kurtz Six weeks from now you will be invited to participate in a 14-day special event — the “Fortnight for Freedom”…
Read MoreARCHBISHOP JOSEPH E. KURTZ Every once in a while I send a little booklet to our priests as a small way to join them…
Read MoreEaster Octave — 8 days of joy, light ARCHBISHOP JOSEPH E. KURTZ The word Octave means eight, and the Easter Celebration of Jesus’ Resurrection…
Read MoreThe gift of sexuality ARCHBISHOP JOSEPH E. KURTZ Early in his papacy on September 5, 1979, Blessed John Paul II gave a series of…
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