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Anthony J. O’Connell: My friend, my bishop, and an abuser
I don’t feel like I can let this week pass without acknowledging the death of my former bishop, Anthony J. O’Connell,...
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Gay marriage bans are faith flexing its muscles
Sometimes it is better to be lucky than be good. Good can get crushed under the grindwheel of fate, while luck stumbles along,...
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Local nuns react to Vatican reprimand
The recent reprimand by the Vatican — chastising U.S. nuns for their liberal views on contraception, homosexuality and...
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Obama once supported marriage but now he’s evolved
The news is oddly timed, just as voters resoundingly spoke out in defense of marriage in North Carolina by supporting a state...
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A real conversation for the rest of us Catholics
“If I were not a Catholic and knew what I know today, would I become one?” That was the question asked a few...
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Faith groups react to Obama’s gay marriage endorsement
President Barack Obama acknowledged that his recent statement in support of gay marriage has implications for his own faith...
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Pope Benedict lectures the professors
In his latest address to American bishops visiting Rome, Pope Benedict XVI stressed that Catholic educators should remain...
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Sebelius at Georgetown — A shot across the bow of the bishops?
For the U.S. bishops, the battle to overturn the Department of Health and Human Services contraception mandate is a religious-freedom...
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Bishops are picking a fight this election year
Carl A. Anderson, supreme knight of the Knights of Columbus, speaks on threats to religious liberty April 19 during the eighth...
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Climbing Carmel
“I guess you have to do what you have to do”, my father said when I finally told him about my desire to join the Carmelites. ...



