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Parolin: Its setup details 'leave us somewhat perplexed'
Ash Wed. walk between two basilicas marks start of Lent
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Franciscan missionaries killed by band of natives in 1597
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'Common Sense' at 250
By Marcus PeterThis year marks the 250th anniversary of the publication of "Common Sense," a slender pamphlet whose physical modesty concealed a civilizational provocation. On a winter…
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Our best hope with gang members and school dropouts is to walk the streets and work with those engaging in informal neighborhood conversation and encounters.
Big Time in the Big Apple... Blood Sport... Beef Everlasting... Adding Insult to Injury... Loot Dispute... Your 2025 Word of the Year... and more
Our Lady of Coexistence?... Desperate Measures... Nacho Problem... Phone-Free School Zone... Ain’t Nothing Like the Surreal Thing... and more
In The News
Parolin: Its setup details 'leave us somewhat perplexed'
Ash Wed. walk between two basilicas marks start of Lent
He resigned from office in 2023, citing health problems
Franciscan missionaries killed by band of natives in 1597
Quietly provides pastoral care, sacraments, catechesis
Inquiries to APR hotline have risen along with pill use
Parolin: Its setup details 'leave us somewhat perplexed'
Ash Wed. walk between two basilicas marks start of Lent
He resigned from office in 2023, citing health problems
Franciscan missionaries killed by band of natives in 1597
Quietly provides pastoral care, sacraments, catechesis
Inquiries to APR hotline have risen along with pill use
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'Common Sense' at 250
This year marks the 250th anniversary of the publication of "Common Sense," a slender pamphlet whose physical modesty concealed a…
READ MORE ON THIS BLOG POSTLanguage & Evangelization
I concluded Part 2 with a description of the nine languages in which Pope St. John Paul II was fluent.…
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We are constantly flooded with stimuli -- so much so that we often fail to notice when seemingly unrelated developments…
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Biotechnology & Posthumanism
On Man’s Many Attempts to “Kill Death”… Breaking the Species Barrier… Human Alienation & Our Biotech Future… and more
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Communism & Marxism
The Soviets’ Doomed Battle with Byt... Kindred Spirits, Fellow Victors... Croatia: “The Ramparts of Christendom”... If Not Communism or Capitalism, What?... The Crumbling of Communism: Good for the Catholic Church?... and more
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Fanatical Feminism & Women Religious
The Prayers of Moloch’s Modern Priestesses... Feminists: The Worst Misogynists?... Our Testosterone-Depleted Church... and more
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