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October 30, 2020Culture

There has been very little good that has come of the Great Pandemic of 2020. But at least sports fans during September were offered a veritable smorgasbord of games to choose from on TV. The football ...

Faith & Family

Saints, here and thereScott Hahn

The first reading focuses us for today's solemnity. In the Book of Revelation, St. John reports "a vision of a great multitude, which no one could count, from every nation, race, people, and tongue." This ...

Faith & Family

Our 'Family' of Mission Societies Grows the FaithMaureen Crowley Heil

As the days grow shorter, the air a bit chillier, and the clocks turn back, my mind tends to revisit the missions in my mind. I recall traveling to places where I've seen the effects of all our Mission ...

Faith & Family

A work in progressJaymie Stuart Wolfe

All Saints Day gives me hope. Don't get me wrong. I know that the distance between me and anything that could be called sanctity stretches longer, wider, and deeper than the Grand Canyon -- maybe even ...

Culture & Events

All Souls Day and the Catholic Cemetery AssociationJames Brasco

The month of November, including All Saints and All Souls Days, is a special time in the Church's calendar. The faithful are encouraged to remember their beloved dead in the particular prayers, scriptures ...

Culture & Events

Cardinal Humberto Medeiros: The Boston years, 1970-1983Father Richard Gribble, CSC

Shock, surprise, and a generally tepid welcome characterized the arrival of Humberto Medeiros when he took the reins as the fourth Archbishop of Boston on Oct. 7, 1970. Despite his excellent record in ...

Faith & Family

'Catholic' Bible vs. King JamesFather Kenneth Doyle

Q. I was raised Catholic and love my religion. But my brother has become a Pentecostal. He says that the King James Bible was published before the Catholic one and that Catholics added other books to ...

Culture & Events

Prudential voting in bad timesGeorge Weigel

Sixty years ago, Father John Courtney Murray, SJ, published what I regard as the finest Catholic analysis of American democracy ever penned: "We Hold These Truths -- Catholic Reflections on the American ...

Culture & Events

What now for the Supreme Court?Richard Doerflinger

As I write this, it is unknown whether President Donald Trump will win or lose his bid for reelection. Either way, however, his most lasting legacy may be his naming three new justices to the U.S. Supreme ...