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Most Catholics — clergy and laity — were late to condemn slavery, largely absent in the civil rights movement, slow to denounce the Vietnam War, have long ignored the wars in Afghanistan and …
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By Tony Magliano
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5/16/12
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The citizens of North Carolina recently recognized that “marriage between one man and one woman is the only domestic legal union that shall be valid or recognized in this state.” And they did so …
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By Arland K. Nichols
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5/16/12
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It was the kind of splendid September day when sending kids to school just feels wrong. Fortunately, that year I was home-schooling and calling the shots. Plus we were living in California, an hour …
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By Barbara Curtis
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5/9/12
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213 views
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The Catholic Church has a very big secret. It is so powerful, challenging and relevant, that if every bishop, priest, deacon, religious and layperson was committed to communicating and implementing …
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By Tony Magliano
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5/2/12
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219 views
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The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has announced that almost all employers, including objecting Catholic employers, soon will have to provide employees free contraception, …
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By Ashley E. McGuire
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5/2/12
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345 views
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2 comments
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If you are looking for greater joy in life, take to heart this sage insight by the German poet and scientist Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: "There is no such thing as a trifle; a simple detail may …
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By Fr. Eugene Hemrick
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4/25/12
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When No. 11 was confirmed last week, I brought my notebook. Having heard Arlington Bishop Paul S. Loverde’s message to the St. Francis de Sales confirmadi two years ago with No. 9 and No. 10, I …
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By Barbara Curtis
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4/25/12
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315 views
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Georgia state Rep. Yasmin Neal recently achieved a measure of notoriety by introducing House Bill 1116, which proposed that men should be prevented from obtaining vasectomies. By her own admission, …
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By Rebecca Oas
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4/18/12
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149 views
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1 comment
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Growing up in rural Nebraska, our family would sometimes make the long drive to Omaha. From the backseat of the car, we kids would announce "we're getting close to Omaha" when we could see the …
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By Effie Caldarola
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4/18/12
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111 views
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Puns on saints’ names are not uncommon, but that a saint named Expeditus should be invoked against procrastination just seems too good.
There was a real St. Expeditus: He was one of six …
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By Thomas Craughwell
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4/11/12
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527 views
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