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Poem: “Unknown Martyr”
Unknown Martyr Each night, she scrubs tile floors after waiting tables all day: her hands and knees raw, exhaustion bringing…
Yearly Archives: 2016
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Reflections For Sunday, July 31, 2016
Meditation and Questions for Reflection or Group Discussion Mass Readings: 1st Reading: Ecclesiastes 1:2; 2:21-23 2nd Reading: Colossians 3:1-5,9-11 Responsorial:…
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Movie Review: Liberating a Continent: John Paul II and the Fall of Communism
I’m going to call the latest documentary on John Paul II an “almost perfect documentary.” The title is: Liberating a…
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World Youth Day 2016 Pilgrim Confronts Addiction: ‘The Gospel Heals’
By M. Z. de la Morena NEW YORK—Just a few years ago, if anyone had told Miguel that he would…
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Celebrating the Bloodlust
When the United States Supreme Court handed down its pro-abortion ruling on June 27 of this year, pro-death groups across…
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Pope’s ‘Ideological Colonization’ Explained in New Book
When Pope Francis spoke to the UN last September he warned about what he called “ideological colonization.” By that he…
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Poem: “on st. henry walpole’s martyrdom”
on st. henry walpole’s martyrdom beauty in itself is a useless thing like the lilies of a summer’s field or…
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Are We Special? New Thoughts about the Anthropic Principle
“Scientists are slowly waking up to an inconvenient truth – the universe looks suspiciously like a fix. The issue concerns…
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Exploring the Multifaceted Marvel of Polyphony
We have all heard it, yet most of us would not be able to name it. The term polyphony (from…
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Movie Review: The Secret Life of Pets
With a juicy, promising title and a screen populated with adorable, fuzzy furballs of varied shapes and sizes, the animated…