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Videos are a new component to U.S. bishops’ ‘Faithful Citizenship’ guide
A series of long-planned videos that supplement the U.S. bishops' quadrennial "Faithful Citizenship" document that provides guidance to voters during a presidential election year have been finalized for viewing.
Living out the faith (as a young man)
Being a Catholic has never been easy. A quick glance at the lives of the saints can confirm that from her very beginnings, the Catholic Church has been countercultural. As an 18-year-old Catholic man, it seems to me that many of my generation are passively apathetic on matters of religion. It doesn’t have to be this way. Here are a few tips for growing closer to Christ as a young man.
The exclamatory punctuation of tears
There is something about witnessing a grown man’s tears. Even a single escaped droplet traces his cheek like an exclamation point, deeply impressing whatever circumstances or moral-of-the-story that brought him to the verge of choked emotion.
Best-selling author formed enduring bond with worldwide readership
Mary Higgins Clark, known as the "queen of suspense" to her millions of readers throughout the world, died of natural causes in Naples, Florida, Jan. 31. She was 92.
Even before PBS airing, Dorothy Day film tops Amazon documentary chart
Dorothy Day, whose life was a series of seeming contradictions, might be bemused at this one: The DVD version of a documentary about her life has, more than a month before the film reaches the PBS airwaves, made it to the top spot on the Amazon documentary sales chart.
Books offer powerful testimony on difficult work of forgiving others
This is the cover of "The Way of Forgiveness: Readings for a Peaceful Life," edited by Michael Leach, James [...]
Remember the true gift of Christmas
A Christmas message from Bishop James P. Powers.
My Christmas list
Advent is an opportunity to examine one’s conscience – all the penance services and confession sessions are an excellent reminder of inevitable human failing – and even bathed in the beauty of the Christmas season, we are all aware (especially if we have small children!) of the potential pitfalls of the holidays.
Live this Advent letting the story unfold
It’s been one of those days – the kind where what you thought the day would, or should, look like is nothing like what it actually does.