In New York, Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Catholic life took shape unevenly, shaped as much by law and political culture as by migration and missionary effort.
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The World Day for Consecrated Life is celebrated annually Feb. 2. Consecrated life reaches back to the very beginnings of the Church, to that moment when the first disciples heard …
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If you asked, “What does Christianity have to say about the Olympics?”, most people would probably shrug and say, “Not much,” not seeing any real connection between a seemingly secular …
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To be a Catholic in America has never been easy.
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The idea will not leave my head: how do we anoint a whole world so terribly and self-evidently in need of soothing, healing, consolation and unconditional love?
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Only days after announcing a planned-upon, heavily hedged conversion to Christianity, Scott Adams, creator of the “Dilbert” comic strip, author, political commentator and professed agnostic died of metastatic prostate cancer …
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‘Knives Out’ discovers the strange, attractive light of the Christian story
by Liz Hansenby Liz HansenThe new “Knives Out” movie is out on Netflix, and Catholic commentators are rightly fascinated by its winsome portrayal of a young Catholic priest, the protagonist accused of committing the …
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(OSV News) — Did you know that your home is holy? It might not feel like it sometimes, but similar to the way God transforms common bread and wine into …
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With the feast of the Holy Family, the church, I think, simply wants our Christmas adoration, our meditation, to linger.
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As the church in the United States looks for new ways to foster community, it is helpful to look to the past and understand the history that led to the …
