I’m old enough to remember reading “Highlights Magazine” in the waiting room at the doctor’s office. My favorite feature was the “Hidden Pictures” puzzle. The task was to find a …
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(OSV News) — The role of the U.S. ambassador to the Holy See is unlike any other in American government. It deals, as articulated well by former Holy See ambassador …
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(OSV News) — It’s likely that most of the Catholic world observed Archbishop Laurent Ulrich of Paris knocking on the enormous door of Notre Dame Cathedral ahead of its Dec. …
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There are two kinds of families that I notice at Christmas Mass. The first are those with young children dressed up in their best Christmas finery, excited about the whole …
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Beyond my usual list of things to be grateful for — mercy, family, reasonable health, employment, the elders still among us and the children all around — I am particularly …
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If it seems like a long lead-up to Thanksgiving this year, that’s because it is. The holiday will be celebrated on the latest possible date this month, creating what feels …
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My work with clergy is a long way from the old days. Then, when I spotted a Roman collar on a random passerby mixed in the throng of a Manhattan …
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Former President Donald J. Trump, defeated after his first term in November 2020, is once again President-Elect Donald J. Trump — a feat only one other man has pulled off …
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“Why do men become beasts?” The question was asked by South African Archbishop Buti Joseph Tlhagale. In a speech last August, he was warning men that they will be held …
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April, T.S. Eliot wrote, is the cruelest month, but here in the Upper Midwest, November gives April a run for its money. It’s not just the steel-gray skies or the …
