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The Sacraments: Essential to Our Growth in the Spiritual Life

In the famous 15th century English morality play Everyman, the character Five Wits reflects on the importance of the sacraments in our lives: There is no emperor, king, duke, ne baron, That of God hath...

A Clash of Ideologies

The honeymoon ended quickly for Pope Leo XIV as he is already embroiled in a bitter ideological dispute with the Trump administration. Some call his election a historic papacy with political consequences...

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A Clash of Ideologies

The honeymoon ended quickly for Pope Leo XIV as he is already embroiled in a bitter ideological dispute with the Trump administration. Some call his election a historic papacy with political consequences. Trump’s...

Seeking Holiness, Part 2

Part 1 noted that most of us are far from sanctity. We may wish for it and even strive for it and yet fall short. It also explained how modern culture increases our difficulty. Part 2 will discuss how best to overcome...

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A Nation of Frogs

Years ago, after discussing the tax system with the attorney who had just completed my mother’s estate, I informed him of the Marxist underpinnings of not only the so-called “death tax,” but also the...

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Seeking Holiness, Part 2

Part 1 noted that most of us are far from sanctity. We may wish for it and even strive for it and yet fall short. It also explained how modern culture increases our difficulty. Part 2 will discuss how best to overcome...

May Saints Peter and Paul Inspire Us

It should be encouraging for us to reflect upon the virtues of these two main pillars of our Church: St. Peter and St. Paul, because we can more easily identify with them and their flaws like ours. Peter had the...

The Killing of a President

The list of regime changes and assassinations in the history of the world is long and dynamic. It is and has been part of the flow and change in countries around the globe. Few nations have been exempt from this...

Returning to Common Sense

Americans continue to wonder what has happened to our country. For example, we’ve gone from requiring parental permission for students to take an aspirin to school, to allowing them to change their genders without...