Getting 'death with dignity' right
Father Tadeusz Pacholczyk
Nurses and doctors can encounter distressing images as death unfolds for their patients. Those approaching death may make odd bodily movements, give off stenches, or emit strange groans. Perhaps they ...
Holding onto hopeJaymie Stuart Wolfe
Waking up in New Orleans on New Year's Day was a lot like driving home from work after the Boston Marathon bombing in 2013. Shocking, disorienting, and very sad. The evil of that manmade tragedy, ...
Praying with the PsalmsFather Robert M. O'Grady
Dubbed the prayerbook of the church, the Book of Psalms was first the prayerbook of Israel and the only prayerbook of Jesus. The Holy Year booklet on this topic was written by Gianfranco Cardinal Ravasi. ...
AgnesArchbishop Richard G. Henning
The popular Ridley Scott film, "Gladiator," attracted a great deal of attention back in the year 2000 when it was released. The ads for the film had a dramatic voiceover about "a gladiator who defied ...
The Pontifical Mission Societies -- The Mainstay of MissionariesMaureen Crowley Heil
The Pontifical Mission Societies are four different membership-based associations that formulate the missionary arm of the Catholic Church. Each has its own charism. People are most familiar with our ...
In the weddingScott Hahn
Think of these first weeks after Christmas as a season of "epiphanies." The liturgy is showing us who Jesus is and what He has revealed about our relationship with God. Last week and the week before, ...
In Pacific Palisades, paradise lostGreg Erlandson
I have trouble talking about the loss without tearing up, as if the smoke and ash from Los Angeles traveled across country to find me. My in-laws were French immigrants to California, proud Americans, ...
Why do we baptize infants, and why was Jesus baptized?Jenna Marie Cooper
Q: Some Evangelical friends were recently quizzing me on the Catholic understanding of baptism. They were especially asking about Jesus' baptism, and whether this indicates Jesus had some sin or sins ...
Scripture Reflection for Jan. 19, 2025, Second Sunday in Ordinary TimeDeacon Greg Kandra
Is 62:1-5 Ps 96:1-2, 2-3, 7-8, 9-10 1 Cor 12:4-11 Jn 2:1-11 Who couldn't use a miracle right about now? After weeks of parties and packages, planning and platters, the world returns to something ...
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Culture & Events
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Getting 'death with dignity' rightFather Tadeusz Pacholczyk
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In Pacific Palisades, paradise lostGreg Erlandson
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Scripture Reflection for Jan. 19, 2025, Second Sunday in Ordinary TimeDeacon Greg Kandra
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Happy New Year!Eileen McLaughlin
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Joyful hopeMichael Reardon
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Scripture Reflection for Jan. 5, 2025, The Epiphany of the LordDeacon Greg Kandra
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Tolkien's world, still popular on the big screen, began with faith and wordsCecilia Hadley
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Scripture Reflection for Dec. 22, 2024, Fourth Sunday of AdventDeacon Greg Kandra
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Getting adult children to Christmas MassGreg Erlandson
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Faith & Family
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Holding onto hopeJaymie Stuart Wolfe
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Praying with the PsalmsFather Robert M. O'Grady
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AgnesArchbishop Richard G. Henning
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The Pontifical Mission Societies -- The Mainstay of MissionariesMaureen Crowley Heil
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In the weddingScott Hahn
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Why do we baptize infants, and why was Jesus baptized?Jenna Marie Cooper
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Praying during the Holy YearFather Robert M. O'Grady
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Catholic Schools WeekArchbishop Richard G. Henning
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Let There be Peace on Earth Maureen Crowley Heil
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The anointingScott Hahn
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Spirituality
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What is enlightenment? -- among angels and usMichael Pakaluk
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The 'Catena Aurea': Read the Gospel this Advent with St. Thomas AquinasMichael Pakaluk
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Focus on GodEffie Caldarola
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Some thoughts upon returning from the second session of the synodBishop Robert Barron
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The actual great transformationMichael Pakaluk
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Reunions in graveyardsEffie Caldarola
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Newman and the start of the academic yearMichael Pakaluk
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Deer in the dusky eveningEffie Caldarola
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Underground RailroadEffie Caldarola
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Demographic decline as caused by 'procreation'Michael Pakaluk
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In Depth
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What went wrong in the Sexual Revolution? New documentary takes a lookLizzy Joslyn
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Does God make people gay? A theologian respondsMary Rezac Catholic News Agency
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Why Catholics should beware as high-tech 'deepfake' videos emergeKevin Jones
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Cardinal Caffarra explains the reasons behind the dubiaCatholic News Agency
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