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An easy apology

By Walter Weber
It is easy to apologize for what someone else did. In fact, such an apology may give one a sense of moral superiority: “I know better than the perpetrator did.” It is much harder to recognize and apologize for one’s own wrongs. Georgetown’s recognition of its institutional complicity with slavery 178 years ago cannot undo […]
9/23/16
Reading Time 1 min

Shaw a firm purpose of amendment

By Russell Shaw
In a message to a gathering of bishops of the Americas in Bogota, Colombia, Pope Francis made a point that’s always worth recalling but especially timely now in this Year of Mercy. Sin exists, he said, within “a history of sin to be remembered.”   “Which sin?” the pope asked rhetorically, then answered, “Ours: mine […]
9/20/16
Reading Time 3 min

Death with Dignity

By Elizabeth Foss
It was with a sense of certain irony that I read of Attorney General Janet Reno?s attempt to make physician assisted suicide readily available to patients who have been given fewer than six months to live. Just minutes before reading that article, I had learned of the death of Colonel Michael Pennefather, a man whose […]
9/19/16
Reading Time 4 min

Betrothal Not Answer to Cohabitation before Marriage

By Mary Beth Bonacci
I just read a very interesting article in U.S. Catholic magazine, “A Betrothal Proposal” by Michael G. Lawler and Gail S. Risch. In it, Lawler and Risch argue that modern marital “practice” (cohabitation, then marriage) resembles ancient marital practice (betrothal, then marriage), and that as a Church we should return to a marital “rite” wherein […]
9/19/16
Reading Time 4 min

Gospel Commentary: ‘Give to Caesar What Is Caesar’s’

By Fr. Paul Deladurantayeherald Columnist (from The Issue Ofâ 10/13/05)
The Gospel scenes of the past few weeks have shown us Jesus in conflict with the religious leaders of His people over their failure to accept Him as the Messiah. Now, in this week?s Gospel, Our Lord?s opponents go on the attack. They hope to discredit Him in the eyes of the people by laying […]
9/19/16
Reading Time 3 min

Catholic Youth Ministry: Pay Now, Or Pay Later

By Mary Beth Bonacci
Doing the work I do, I come into contact with a lot of Catholic youth ministers. I speak at youth ministry conferences. I work with parish and diocesan youth ministers. And I have friends in youth ministry. In talking to them lately, I?m noticing an alarming level of burnout. They?re tired. They?re frustrated. They?re struggling. […]
9/19/16
Reading Time 4 min

Gospel Commentary: ‘Put Out into the Deep’

By Fr. Jack Petersonherald Columnist (from The Issue Ofâ  2/5/04)
Anyone familiar with Pope John Paul II has been invited frequently in the past few years to ponder Jesus? command to Peter, “Put out into the deep.” The Holy Father made this a central theme of his reflections upon the meaning of the new millennium for those who bear the name “Christian.” Peter, the fisherman, […]
9/19/16
Reading Time 2 min

Gospel Commentary: Who Do You Say I Am?

By Fr. Paul Scaliaherald Columnist (from The Issue Ofâ 6/17/04)
The simplest but most important question in the world is the one our Lord puts to the Apostles: “Who do you say that I am?” (Luke 9:20) Clearly there was a great deal of confusion about Him. The crowds thought He was “John the Baptist; others, Elijah; still others, ‘One of the ancient prophets has […]
9/19/16
Reading Time 3 min

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