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Growing good friends

By Elizabeth Foss
I see it happening, the unfolding of a girl’s heart towards the warmth and light of community. And then, just as the petals are in full flower, I watch what seems nearly inevitable: petals pulled back in tightly onto themselves, hardened to protect against the pelting that comes. I am the mother of four girls. […]
7/12/16
Reading Time 3 min

Don’t go to the Tarzan movie

By James Higgins
In brief, don’t go see the new Tarzan movie. Captain Rom, the chief villain of the story, is depicted as a murdering, psychopathic Catholic. Rom goes about with a rosary wrapped about his wrist that he uses as a weapon. In one scene he even tries to strangle Tarzan with his rosary. In another scene, Margot […]
7/8/16
Reading Time 1 min

Building a culture of life

By Russell Shaw
In the dead of winter every year thousands of pro-lifers throng the streets of downtown Washington making a public statement on behalf of life. Converging on the Mall for speeches in the shadow of the Washington Monument and the White House, they march up one of the capital city’s broad avenues to the marble palace […]
7/7/16
Reading Time 3 min

How to say goodbye

By Soren Johnson
When my wife and I first moved to Northern Virginia, I introduced myself to a neighbor and learned that he was one of those rare native Virginians. Smiling at my surprise, he informed me that I was a “come here” and he was a “from here.” “How long before you’ll call me a ‘from here’?” […]
7/7/16
Reading Time 3 min

How to say goodbye Johnson

By Soren Johnson
When my wife and I first moved to Northern Virginia, I introduced myself to a neighbor and learned that he was one of those rare native Virginians. Smiling at my surprise, he informed me that I was a “come here” and he was a “from here.”   “How long before you’ll call me a ‘from […]
7/7/16
Reading Time 3 min

What happened to the Catholic vote?

By Russell Shaw
And so, in this exceedingly strange political year, what has become of the Catholic vote? There was a time not so long ago when the actual or anticipated voting behavior of American Catholics was a matter of intense interest to the secular media. Not today. Journalists have virtually ignored the Catholic vote, concentrating instead on […]
6/29/16
Reading Time 3 min

Remaining in touch

By Erick Rommel
One of the great things about social media is that you get to keep in touch with people who otherwise may have exited your life. One of those people for me is Jessica. We both attended John Carroll School in Bel Air, Maryland. She graduated two years after me. Not too long ago, we would […]
6/29/16
Reading Time 3 min

What is Catholic teaching on hospice care?

By Fr. Kenneth Doyle
Q: Please tell me how Catholics justify hospice care, especially withholding food and water from the patient. Doesn’t this starve the patient to death? And doesn’t the heavy medication they use actually cause death? (Illinois) A: Patients are typically admitted into hospice care when curative treatment has been deemed futile and the prognosis is that […]
6/29/16
Reading Time 2 min

Commissioned by Jesus

By Fr. Robert Wagner
Most of us are aware that Jesus sent His Twelve Apostles out to preach the Good News in the towns and villages of Galilee. We also know that the Apostles were the first priests of the church, those anointed by Christ to stand in His place, through whom He makes Himself sacramentally present to the […]
6/28/16
Reading Time 3 min

Two patron saints for Rome

By Thomas J. Craughwell
Rome is the city of popes because it was in Rome that St. Peter taught the gospel and it was there that he was martyred in A.D. 67 during Nero’s persecution of the Christians. Our Lord appointed Peter the first pope in the famous scene in St. Matthew’s gospel when Jesus declares, “You are Peter, […]
6/24/16
Reading Time 3 min

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