The season of Lent begins just as we have watched in horror the Russian invasion of Ukraine. As the world…
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LOVE’S GENIUS AND CHOOSING LIFE OVER WAR: ON PRAYING FOR PEACE IN UKRAINE
As full-scale war breaks out by Putin’s Russian invasion, in Ukraine there are sadly now Christians, who share in the…
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HOW TOM BRADY CAN INSPIRE OUR LENTEN DISCIPLINE
Tom Brady has retired. Even as I write these words, I can still hardly believe it. The “greatest of all…
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HOW TO HELP THE ELDERLY AND THOSE WHO SERVE THEM
Soon after he was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, Pope Saint John Paul II initiated the celebration of World Day of…
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CELEBRATING WORLD MARRIAGE DAY
World Marriage Day is celebrated every second Sunday in February, coinciding with Valentine’s Day. In today’s world, most couples begin…
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‘SOMEHOW THIS MADNESS MUST CEASE’
February 2022, our times are difficult. COVID-19 and testing. Vaccines: yes or no? Shortages of all kinds, gas prices rising,…
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LED BY PRAYER, HOPE AND LIGHT: CATHOLIC SCHOOLS WEEK 2022
As we approach Celebrate Catholic Schools Week and reflect on the last couple of years in our Catholic Schools in…
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BRIDGING DIVIDES SHOULDER TO SHOULDER
The anniversary of the Jan. 6 riot that humiliated Congress and horrified a good portion of our nation has gone…
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BEAUTY AND DIGNITY OF EVERY HUMAN LIFE
Seven years ago, Archbishop José Gomez had a vision for a different kind of pro-life event in Los Angeles. He…
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IT’S TIME TO REGENERATE OUR MORAL COMPASS
An increase in self-centeredness and the deterioration of dignified speech are indicating a malfunctioning moral compass. Evil is what ought…