By Father Patrick Briscoe World Youth Day (WYD) brings together young people from every corner of the globe to celebrate their Catholic faith. Away from home and buoyed by the …
Opinion
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By Our Sunday Visitor Editorial Board In a heart-wrenching story out of California, a mother has gone public with her tragic experience as a surrogate, claiming that she was urged …
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What is the International Commission on English in the Liturgy, and who’s their new executive director? How has a childhood miraculous cure through the intercession of St. Kateri Tekakwitha shaped …
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Friedrich von Hügel’s niece was a bit of a snob, and being a snob was bad for her, especially the kind of snob she was. The Austrian-English Catholic theologian was …
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Nourishment. We all need it — and in many ways. But where do we find it? The stuff of life sometimes can seem to overwhelmingly weigh us down. Our fears. …
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Who are some of the new cardinals-designate recently named by Pope Francis? What is the state of religious liberty across the world? Why is the recently FDA-approved over the counter …
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By Thomas L. McDonald I have a hole in my head — an extra one, that is. It’s in the temporal bone, where a useful skull covers the superior semicircular …
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What are you reading this weekend? I took a look at my overflowing bookcase this afternoon and realized I need to finish and pass on books — stat. The problem …
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Dear Catholic parents, A human being’s first culture is his or her mother’s womb. We usually think of culture as having a formative influence on us — for good or …
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Early on in “Gaudium et Spes,” the Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World, we read: “the church has always had the duty of scrutinizing the signs of …
