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Last 20 ArticlesOutreach to the Homeless - Charlotte HaysMany Catholic converts speak of coming home. Not me. For years, I felt I had left home and cast my lot with strange, argumentative folks. Read more... The Ethics of Correcting Mitochondrial Disease - Father Tadeusz PacholczykMitochondria are small, elongated structures in a cell that produce energy. Read more... News that's fit to print - Father George RutlerOne assumes that The New York Times would have been glad to receive an Op-Ed article from the new Archbishop of New York. Read more... Inside Leonardo's Notebook - Francis X. RoccaWorld-famous as a capital of fashion and design, Milan, Italy's second city, has a more modest reputation for cultural heritage. Read more... Saint Jeanne Jugan - George WeigelBorn during the virulently anti-Catholic French Revolution, Jeanne Jugan learned early in her life that fidelity to Christ and his Church could be costly. Read more... Fiction as Truth: The Fall and Purification of Pip - R. Kenton CravenMy first most vivid and broad impression of the identity of things, seems to be to have been gained on a memorable raw afternoon towards evening. Read more... Talking to Jehovah's Witnesses - Jason EvertIf you open your home to the Witnesses, that is more than most people do. Know that your charity and willingness to share your faith will leave a mark on the hearts and minds of Jehovah's Witnesses. Read more... Jesus, Michael Moore, and Capitalism - Father Robert BarronI’ll admit that I wasn’t going to see Michael Moore’s new movie Capitalism: A Love Story; but then a student of mine at the seminary drew my attention to a debate between Moore and the right-wing commentator Sean Hannity that was posted on YouTube. Read more... The Bishops Go On Offense - Robert RoyalA Notre Dame professor reminded me this week of an old football saying: offense sells seats, but defense wins games. Read more... The Vatican’s man in Canada - Father Raymond J. de SouzaOutgoing nuncio Luigi Ventura has revitalized the Catholic Church in Canada. Read more... A Concise Account of Why Women Are Not Ordained - Deacon Douglas McManamanI don’t recall his source, but Thomist scholar Dr. F. F. Centore used to point out to us that according to Aquinas, women make better saints than men. Read more... Shared Responsibilities - Archbishop J. Michael Miller, CSBThe Church's clear teaching, constantly reiterated by the Holy See, affirms that parents are the first educators of their children. Read more... Five Essential Marks of Catholic Schools - Archbishop J. Michael Miller, CSBPapal interventions and Roman documents repeatedly emphasize that certain characteristics must be present for a school to be considered authentically Catholic. Read more... E. D. Hirsch’s Curriculum for Democracy - Sol SternA content-rich pedagogy makes better citizens and smarter kids. Read more... Anti-Catholicism - Archbishop Timothy DolanThe following article was submitted in a slightly shorter form to the New York Times as an op-ed article. The Times declined to publish it. I thought you might be interested in reading it. Read more... As We Forgive - Frederica Mathewes-GreenWhat touched me about As We Forgive was the unexpected beauty of forgiveness, the victory of love over evil, the bursting of light into darkness. Read more... Why we're debating euthanasia now - Margaret SomervilleDeep changes in society have created a growing demand for the legalization of euthanasia -- but that doesn't make it right. Read more... The Forgiveness of Sins - Catholic AnswersAll pardon for sins ultimately comes from Christ’s finished work on Calvary, but how is this pardon received by individuals? Did Christ leave us any means within the Church to take away sin? The Bible says he gave us two means. Read more... The kind of people we're becoming, and what we can do about it - Archbishop Charles J. Chaput, O.F.M. Cap.The real choice in accepting or rejecting a child with special needs is between love and unlove; between courage and cowardice; between trust and fear. That's the choice we face when it happens in our personal experience. And that's the choice we face as a society in deciding which human lives we will treat as valuable, and which we will not. Read more... Self-Help Doesn't Help—And Often Hurts - Steve SalernoWhile many Americans are skeptical of the claims of the self-help industry, their attitude can be summed up as follows: "OK, we all know this is a silly and sometimes expensive exercise in navel-gazing. But really, where's the harm?" Read more...
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