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Front Row With Francis: The Nature of the Church
After concluding his talks on the gifts of the Spirit, Pope Francis now takes up the subject of the Church,…
Monthly Archives: June, 2014
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Lust, Love, and Demons: A Review of Tobit’s Dog
The Biblical story of Tobit’s marriage to Sarah, whose previous seven husbands had been slain by demons, has been cleverly…
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Our Children Radiate the Joy of the Gospel
I was recently reading about an upcoming conference at the Vatican entitled “The Pastoral Project of Evangelii Gaudium” to implement…
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Iraq: “We Fear a Civil War”
“We fear a civil war. If the various different opposing internal parties do not succeed in finding an agreement, then…
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Washington State Suicides Highlight Death Advocates’ “Bait and Switch”
A 43 percent rise in doctor-prescribed suicides in Washington State in 2013 was motivated not by pain, but by feared…
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Reflections for Sunday, June 22, 2014
Meditation and Questions for Reflection or Group Discussion(Deuteronomy 8:2-3,14-16; Psalm 147:12-15,19-20; 1 Corinthians 10:16-17; John 6:51-58) Remembering Who We are…
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Why Normal People Should Care About “Baby Busts”
Long, long ago, when Anne’s parents were in college (sorry, mom and dad), demographers made an observation: they saw that…
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When Father is a Wound
On Sunday, my children and I celebrated my husband on Father’s Day. It seems natural to celebrate the father of…
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The Spiritual Climb
I sat on my back, looking up the speckled with color wall at the rock climbing gym. “One more time,”…
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Consensus on LGBT Rights Eroding at Organization of American States
The seemingly inevitable march of gay rights in the Americas was slowed last week when an inter-American gathering in Paraguay…