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Home: Core Subjects: Stories of Faith and Character: LINKS_PAGE Core Subjects: Stories of Faith and Character: LINKS_PAGEArticles:Born toward dying - Father Richard John NeuhausWe are born to die. Not that death is the purpose of our being born, but we are born toward death, and in each of our lives the work of dying is already underway. Read more... Bowie Kent Kuhn - Rev. George RutlerAs baseball fans religiously record statistics, Bowie Kent Kuhn (1926–2007) was, at 42, the youngest commissioner of baseball ever; the tallest, at six-foot-five; and the heaviest, at 250 pounds, though his height made him seem slim. Read more... Brawling at the Holy Sepulchre - Michael CorenIn Israel, as in all countries that contain archeological sites of deep spiritual and religious significance, there tends to be three levels of authenticity and holiness. Read more... Britain makes room for Benedict - Father Raymond J. de SouzaBenedict is the great Catholic thinker of his generation, a writer of limpid style and the simplicity only achieved by those who have reached the far side of scholarly wisdom. Newman was that for the 19th century. Read more... Brother André’s life reflects beauty of holy humility - Father Thomas Rosica, CSBOn Sunday, October 17, Canadian Brother André Bessette, founder of St. Joseph’s Oratory in Montreal, was proclaimed a Saint at the Vatican. Read more... Brotherly Love - Donald DeMarcoOn December 21, 1968, a spacecraft appropriately named after the pagan god Apollo left the earth on its three-day trip to the moon. Thirty some years ago we had, for the first time, a compelling image of the only home that all we humans can call our own. This image urges us to reflect on the brotherhood, mutual love, and respect that our common dwelling place mandates. The inhospitable blackness of the surrounding void is not an alternative, either literally or figuratively. Read more... Buckley, Rehabilitated - Paul KengorWilliam F. Buckley Shaped America’s Political Dialogue. The Catholic Faith Shaped William F. Buckley. Read more... Buckley’s Catholic Legacy - Rev. Raymond J. de SouzaWhen William F. Buckley Jr. died on Feb. 27 at age 82, it was noted that he was a Catholic. Read more... C. S. Lewis and Mrs. Moore - Alice von HildebrandLiterature offers us a rich panorama of marriages in which the woman is a shrew and the husband a victim. Read more... Canada’s youthful missionaries - Father Raymond J. de SouzaThe torch of faith is being handed on to a new generation, and they are finding their own ways of holding it high. Read more... Capital Punishment - Ralph McInernyIf Martha Stewart had poisoned her husband or drowned her children, she would have received more sympathy. Read more... Cardinal Lustiger, R.I.P. - George WeigelVisitors to the Cathedral of Notre-Dame in Paris will soon be able to ponder a commemorative marker carrying this inscription: Read more... Carla’s Gift - Torey HaydenYou almost didn’t notice her in class. She was small for 7, and quiet; she didn’t cause trouble the way the boys did. Her features were plain, and her blond hair was cropped short in a raggedy, home-cut style vaguely reminiscent of the Little Prince. No matter what the time of year, she always wore the same assortment of faded cotton dresses, the same cheap sneakers. Her name was Carla. Read more... Casting a light upon the City of God - Ian Hunter“Thanks largely to Augustine, the light of the New Testament did not go out with Rome’s, but remained amidst the debris of the fallen empire to light the way to another civilization, Christendom, whose legatees we are.” Read more... Catholic and cool in Sydney - Michael CookAfter years of being booed offstage, the curtains have again opened and God is being greeted with tumultuous applause. Read more... Catholic Army chaplain from Minnesota critically wounded in Iraq - Catholic News ServiceFamily and friends of Father H. Timothy Vakoc continued to pray in early June for the U.S. Army chaplain from Minnesota who was seriously injured when a bomb exploded near his Humvee in Iraq May 29. Read more... Charlemagne - EginhardHe was very forward in succouring the poor, and in that gratuitous generosity which the Greeks call alms, so much so that he not only made a point of giving in his own country and his own kingdom, but when he discovered that there were Christians living in poverty in Syria, Egypt, and Africa, at Jerusalem, Alexandria, and Carthage, he had compassion on their wants, and used to send money over the seas to them. Read more... Chastity - Donald DeMarcoAfter chasing the woman from his room, Thomas Aquinas returned to his cell,"dropped the firebrand into the fire; and sat down on that seat of sedentary scholarship,"that chair of philosophy, that secret throne of contemplation, from which he never rose again. Read more... Chauncey Devereux Stillman - Rev. George RutlerOf wealth and war, Chauncey Devereux Stillman (1907-1989) knew much and said little. Read more... Chesterbelloc - Ralph McInernyChesterton died relatively young, with his authorial boots on, whereas Belloc lived on to enormous old age. There are several evocations of him in the diaries of Evelyn Waugh. Read more... Christ First, Last and Always - George WeigelA few weeks back, Bishop William Lori of Bridgeport, John Allen of the National Catholic Reporter, and I were invited by Doubleday to help launch Pope Benedict XVI's new book, Jesus of Nazareth, at a May 15 program in Washington. Read more... Christmas 1981: A Candle That Burned Bright for Freedom 25 Years Ago - Paul KengorIt's difficult to explain how much the world has changed in 25 years — and for the better. Those who lived through December 1981 would be well served to pause and give thanks for the differences. Read more... Christmas Eve With the Pope - John BurgerAndreas Widmer was casual about his faith until an unexpected encounter with Pope John Paul II. On watch as a Swiss Guard on Christmas Eve 1986, Widmer discovered a compassionate Pope who cared deeply about his sorrow. Read more... Christopher Nolan: The Unicorn Writer, RIP - Raymond ArroyoThis week the world lost a rare writer at the age of 43. Read more... Clarence Thomas - Thomas SowellIt would be hard to think of anyone whose portrayal in the media differs more radically from the reality than that of Justice Clarence Thomas. Read more... Pages: [<<] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ... [>>] Pages Updated On: Fri Feb 10 2012 - 00:54:04
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