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By Connor Bergeron
A personal reflection on an encounter with the Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick.
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By Zoey Maraist
Seventh-grader Chloe Davies wins an American Legion essay contest in Virginia.
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By Robert Duncan
VATICAN CITY — “We are passing through a revolution of sorts in America,” says Philadelphia Archbishop Charles J. Chaput. Following such upheavals in the nation’s moral life as the “normalization of pornography, premarital sex, divorce (and) transgenderism,” the 2015 Supreme Court decision to legalize same-sex marriage was “a symbolic overthrow of traditional Catholic sexual morality,” […]
Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden
ROME — Pope Francis asked 45,000 children preparing for confirmation to promise Jesus they would never engage in bullying. Turning stern during a lively and laughter-filled encounter March 25, Pope Francis told the youngsters he was worried about the growing phenomenon of bullying. He asked them to be silent and reflect on if […]
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By Elizabeth A. Elliott
Archbishop Christophe Pierre, apostolic nuncio to the United States, addressed more than 300 people at Georgetown University March 27 about the first four years of Pope Francis’ papacy.
Columns
By Fr. Kenneth Doyle
Q. According to the Gospel, when Jesus was dying on the cross, He cried out, “My God, why have you abandoned me?” Why was he saying this? Did he really feel that his Father had abandoned him? (Coxs Creek, Ky.) A. Half a century ago, when I first began to think about the meaning of […]
Columns
By Maria Pia Negro Chin
Recently a colleague shared his experiences of the 2017 Los Angeles Religious Education Congress and told us how he was re-energized by the powerful testimonies there. As I listened to him and looked into the event, the theme of the Los Angeles Youth Day prior to the congress caught my attention. Nearly 13,000 teens who […]
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By Connor Bergeron
Seminarians kick off discernment weekend by praying a unique Franciscan Stations of the Cross.
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By Zoey Maraist
A Catholic priest and Islamic expert share stories of interfaith cooperation.
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