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Jul 16, 2025
It's been a good week for natural law. People are talking about it even if they do not mention it by name.
David Brooks, at the Aspen Ideas Festival, spoke about the pattern of...
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Jun 23, 2025
The Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, marking the Jubilee of Hope, issued a report on debt and development in the world and the need for a sustainable, people-centered...
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May 12, 2025
Pope Leo XIV, in a meeting with cardinals two days after his election, explained that he chose that name as an acknowledgment of the similarities of our own time with those...
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May 2, 2025
This week, the cardinals are discussing a variety of issues, from Vatican finances to synodality. The conclave is, as expected, a referendum on Pope Francis' reform...
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Apr 18, 2025
We repeat St. Paul's statement of faith at every Mass when, in the memorial acclamation, we sing: "We proclaim your death, O Lord …" Indeed, the Mass is itself a recreation of...
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Feb 5, 2025
As much as I get a kick out of Catholics throwing scriptural verses at each other — which wouldn't have happened before Vatican II! — the exchanges demonstrate the way...
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Jan 3, 2025
The Jubilee Year is, for many, about making a pilgrimage to Rome, walking through one of the Holy Doors at the various basilicas. Thanks to Pope Francis, there is a Holy Door at...
