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Anti-Catholicism, the last acceptable prejudice

By Richard Doerflinger
Anti-Catholicism has been called “the last acceptable prejudice.” Tragically, it was on display at the Senate Judiciary Committee’s confirmation hearing for Amy Coney Barrett, nominated to be a federal appellate judge.    Barrett, a professor at Notre Dame Law School, is a constitutional law expert who has clerked for appellate and Supreme Court judges. She […]
9/13/17
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Recording my first podcast

By Stacy Rausch

Let’s talk podcasts. What are they, why do people listen to them, and most importantly, did you know the Catholic Herald has one?

9/13/17
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In heaven for sure? What is the length of dispensation process?

By Fr. Kenneth Doyle
Q. My mother passed away some time ago, and I wonder whether she is now in “God’s eternal embrace.” How can I be sure? She was a good mother and she dearly loved the church, but we have been taught that everyone has some imperfections and, upon death, must be sent to purgatory before they […]
9/13/17
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Calculating the math of mercy

By Fr. Matthew H. Zuberbueler
Gospel Commentary MT 18:21-35  How large is your personal forgiveness quota? Trick question. It will seem like a trick question anyway, if you consider it from the point of view of how many times you want to be able to be forgiven. The other point of view would be how many times you are willing to […]
9/13/17
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First experiences of Eucharistic adoration

By Elise Italiano
I think I was 19 years old the first time I went to Eucharistic adoration. It wasn’t regularly offered at my parish and my family never lingered after the Pange Lingua on Holy Thursday when people adore the host before it’s reposed. When the chaplain at Providence College informed us he was going to start […]
9/13/17
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Tearing down prejudice

By Greg Erlandson
Watching TV images of crowds pulling down a statue of a Civil War soldier in North Carolina, I found myself thinking of a 16th-century pope named Paul IV.   He was so loathed by Romans, Jews and Christians alike, that when he died, the people pulled down his statue on the Capitoline Hill, cut off […]
9/13/17
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The need for Christian community

By Fr. Jack Peterson, Ya

Today’s sacred Scriptures invite us to ponder the communal nature of our Catholic faith — to recognize how much we need one another as we journey the path of life and faith. 

9/7/17
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To forgive and to protect

By Elizabeth Foss

I wonder: in order to forgive, do we have to forget? In order to respect the dignity of a person who has hurt us, do we have to let him or her back into the space where they harmed us in the first place?

9/7/17
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From Siege2Surge: Daybreak

By Soren Johnson
The “grinder” is a stretch of black asphalt familiar to every aspiring Navy SEAL who is lucky enough to be accepted into the BUD/S boot camp. On it he does grueling daily physical training (PT) evolutions, hits the wall of his limits, and continues on. His trainers berate and indiscriminately punish him, and if he […]
9/7/17
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After Charlottesville

By Russell Shaw
Amid the cries of alarm in the wake of the tragic violence in Charlottesville, one unanswered question stands out: After all these years — all this bitterness and anguish and even bloodshed — what, if anything, can be done to end racism in the United States once and for all? Court decisions, laws, programs, institutions […]
9/7/17
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