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Snow and Palm Trees
Across Italy, up and down both coasts, one notices a very unusual sight. Driving down the Adriatic coast of Italy,…
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Compatibly Incompatible
At the time Mark and I became engaged, our diocese required couples to complete a six-month Pre-Cana program that involved…
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Lessons from the Paralytic
Sometimes we act as if sins are just black marks against us in God’s ledger, debits against our rewards account.…
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Hollow Compromise on Contraception Mandate
Give Barack Obama credit: The man has chutzpah. How else do you describe a president who uses his executive authority…
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Frack Nation Digs Up the Not-So-Scary Truth
When it comes to 21st-century environmental and energy debates, a little knowledge is a dangerous thing. Especially when what little…
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History Lessons — Embarrassing yet Valuable
When asked to comment on the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ rejection of the so-called HHS “accommodation,” White House…
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God Bless You!
It seems there’s something to be learned from every dopey mistake I ever make. In fact, some of my dopey…
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Bishops Set to Meet with HHS Mandate on Agenda
A quiet, closed-door meeting in Washington next month will be of crucial importance in shaping the Church’s response to the…
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Blame the UN’s Power on George H.W. Bush
If Franklin D. Roosevelt and his wife Eleanor were the naïfs who foisted the United Nations on the world, George…
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The Modern Day Outlaws
Talking with my sister-in-law, a maternity ward nurse, the other day about the new Health and Human Services mandate (HHS), I…