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The euthanasia debate

By Russell Shaw
When religion and secularism butt heads on public policy – a regular occurrence these days – religion typically is obliged to fight with one hand tied behind it. Unfair, you say? Certainly it is, but that’s how the game is played now. Consider the escalating argument over euthanasia and its first cousin, assisted suicide. For […]
3/25/15
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Cardinal Pell’s mission impossible

By George Weigel
Shortly after George Pell was named Archbishop of Melbourne, he instituted several reforms at the archdiocesan seminary, including daily Mass and the daily celebration of the Liturgy of the Hours, both of which had fallen by the wayside in the preceding years. The seminary faculty, enthusiastic proponents of “Catholic Lite,” thought to call the archbishop’s […]
3/25/15
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Feast of St. Joseph celebrated with tasty tradition

By Katie Scott
A statue of St. Joseph and the Christ Child stands at the center of a St. Joseph Table at St. Andrew the Apostle School in Clifton March 19. Each year the school honors the solemnity of St. Joseph with the table, also called an altar – a tradition brought to the United States from Italy. […]
3/19/15
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Drawn to Christ on the cross

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Little Lucette was inexplicably drawn to the man on the cross. Inexplicably, because she had no idea who He was or why He was crucified. Her parents had banished from her life any knowledge of or reference to God. But a gift catalog had slipped through their defenses, and Lucette found in those pages a […]
3/18/15
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Never too late to get up and go to my father

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Given by Arlington Bishop Paul S. Loverde at the annual Diocesan Men’s Conference at Foxchase Manor in Manassas. It has been so good to be here, deepening our faith together, and encouraging one another in our walk with Christ within His Church. Throughout the day I have seen several father-son combinations here. In fact, I […]
3/18/15
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The lies inside our heads

By Elizabeth Foss
Lent can be a long stretch of time for some of us. From every corner comes the call to repent – the exhortation to make a full accounting of our sins, to see our messes in the light of day. Some of us are very good at that. Some of us go to the desert […]
3/18/15
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Our Lady’s example

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The life-changing encounter between the angel Gabriel and Our Lady, which is recorded in Luke’s Gospel (Lk 1:26-38) and is especially remembered on March 25 – the Solemnity of the Annunciation – was the shortest job interview in history. When Mary was informed that her unexpected maternity would not alter what many scholars have understood […]
3/18/15
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The Inquisition — Part 2

By Fr. William P. Saunders
Q: In light of the President’s recent remarks at the Prayer Breakfast referencing ISIS to the Crusades as if the beheadings, burnings, etc. throughout the ages had already happened in the “name of Jesus,” I would like to know a little history of the Crusades/Inquisition. – A reader in Woodstock A: In the last “Straight […]
3/18/15
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Pope recognizes miracle needed to declare French couple saints

By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis has approved a miracle so that, for the first time, a married couple can be canonized together. The canonization ceremony for Blessed Louis and Zelie Martin, the parents of St. Therese of Lisieux, is likely to take place during the world Synod of Bishops on the family in October. Pope […]
3/18/15
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The real face behind the makeup

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Have you paid attention to the man behind the curtain? In the famous movie, “The Wizard of Oz,” Dorothy, her friends and her dog Toto journey through the magical land of Oz to reach the wizard, the only person who can send her back home to Kansas. When the group travels to the wizard’s inner […]
3/18/15
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