Columns

The media and Trump

By Russell Shaw

Just when you think things can’t get any worse, they do. That’s been the story of President Donald Trump’s relationship with the media for a long time, and we aren’t seeing the end of it yet. I don’t wish to add to the hysteria by declaring this situation a crisis. But if it’s not […]

5/31/17

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‘Let your yes mean yes’

By Christina Capecchi

Rachel Gardner has a bad habit: She says yes when she ought to say no. A friend will ask to do lunch on Wednesday. “I say, ‘of course,’ ” Rachel recounts, “and in my head, I can see my totally squashed schedule.” The friend asks if noon works. “I say, ‘Sounds great,’ knowing I have […]

5/31/17

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Pentecost: A feast of fire

By Fr. Stanley Krempa

Gospel Commentary Jn 20:19-23 In the Jewish calendar, Pentecost was originally a harvest feast. Since the powerful events of the first Christian Pentecost recorded in today’s first reading, Pentecost celebrates the Christian harvest when the Holy Spirit descended in tongues or pieces of flame upon the apostles setting them on fire with courage, zeal and […]

5/31/17

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Dementia and Communion

By Fr. Kenneth Doyle

Q. My father is 86 years old and was raised in the Catholic Church. He was considered an intellectual and earned his doctorate in philosophy. He became a nonpracticing Catholic and in fact rejected the church, although he had a thirst for justice and continued to treasure the church’s teachings on human rights. Now he […]

5/31/17

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Europe’s demographic suicide

By George Weigel

Europe is committing demographic suicide, systematically depopulating itself in what British historian Niall Ferguson has called “the greatest sustained reduction in European population since the Black Death in the 14th century.”

5/30/17

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Religious sisters in public schools

By Carolyn H Colvin

Re “Benedictine sister helps repeal state law on religious garb in schools” in the April 20-26 edition. My question would be, “Why is a Catholic sister teaching in a public school? It used to happened in places such as Ohio, but I thought we were done with that. Seems she should be in a Catholic […]

5/29/17

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