By Christina Capecchi
Zach Zarembinski was 18 when he suffered a massive brain bleed during a high school football game, was rushed to Regions Hospital in St. Paul, Minn., and placed in a coma.
2/5/26
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By Lucia A. Silecchia
Recently, my neighbor died.
When I was at the funeral home and when I arrived at work late after his funeral, I was asked how I knew the gentleman who passed away.
2/5/26
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By Fr. Richard Miserendino
It’s easy to misunderstand prophecy. That statement is true in several senses, but especially when it comes to Jesus fulfilling prophecies as he does in our Gospel today. Jesus moves to Capernaum and it fulfills a passage in Isaiah. Did Jesus have to live there? Or did he choose to?
1/24/26
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By Douglas Harden
As the country marks the anniversary of Roe v. Wade, Catholics are again confronted with a painful chapter in our national history.
1/22/26
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By Mary Beth Bonacci
“Your desire shall be for your husband, and he will lord it over you.” (Gen 3:16)
1/22/26
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By Elizabeth Foss
Every January, many of us come armed with plans. We resolve to be more disciplined, more productive, more holy. We choose words to anchor our resolve. Things like focus, thrive, simplify, grow, action, clarity, discipline, intentional, stretch and renew — all such good words.
1/22/26
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By Fr. Joseph M. Rampino
This Sunday, John the Baptist, the great voice crying out ahead of the Messiah, tells us who Jesus Christ really is at the heart of his identity and mission. He is “the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world,” and he is “the Son of God … who will baptize with the Holy Spirit.”
1/17/26
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“Why a Catholic paper?” Those words appeared on the pages of the first issue of the Catholic Herald in 1976 in a column by Charles W. Carruth, its original editor, may he rest in peace. Carruth’s question endures today for different reasons. Times change, and then they don’t. In 1976, gasoline was $0.59 a gallon, […]
1/16/26
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It was late summer when I went to the offices of the Catholic Herald for a job interview. I walked through the front office where two secretaries sat in a cloud of grey cigarette smoke.
1/15/26
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