While many people believe forgetting an injury is part of forgiveness, Fr. Justin Waltz, pastor of St. Leo’s Church in…
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We’ve all heard the “quality of life” argument applied to everything from an excuse for abortion to the reason posited to justify assisted…
Sometimes you see the storm coming from miles away. The sky darkens long in advance, the thunder roars loudly from…
In my little corner of the world (Alberta, Canada) there is an issue raging about government cutbacks to support services…
Pope Benedict writes in Spe salvi, “The true measure of humanity is essentially determined in relationship to suffering and to the…
Being father to five young boys and maintaining both a university teaching post and a busy clinical practice would seem…
Sadly, a priest recently committed suicide in the rectory a block down the street from my house. In my view,…
During Mother’s last few months, conversations were extremely difficult to follow because her mind seamlessly switched from one decade to…
Amazing news was announced in the field of gene therapy last week. Scientists in Massachusetts have taken the cells of…
When I was 19 weeks pregnant, an ultrasound of my baby revealed markers for a condition called trisomy 18. We…