Listen on: Apple | Spotify When Catholics argue about the more controversial teachings of the church, it’s not unusual for someone to try to shut the...
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An alien crashes to Earth near a remote cabin, tosses its owner into the lake, replicates his DNA, takes on his identity as a vacationing physician, and...
I recently became a godmother for the second time in my life, which made me quite nervous. I wasn’t concerned with the part about “being a spiritual mentor”: I...
The 2024 election poses a critical juncture—and critical questions—for our nation as a whole and for each of us in particular. Will we let relentless...
I never thought gun violence would directly impact my life. And I never thought I would lose my child to gun violence here in Chicago. I was born in 1972 to a...
Mike Martin is the founder and executive director of RAWtools. “They shall beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall...
Readings (Year B): Genesis 3:9 – 15Psalms 130:1 – 2, 3 – 4, 5 – 6, 7 – 82 Corinthians 4:13 – 5:1Mark 3:20 – 35...
This past April, the Pew Research Center shared that 54 percent of U.S. Catholics believe the church should recognize the marriages of gay and lesbian couples...
The apostle Paul was a busy man. As well as traveling, preaching, arguing, getting imprisoned, and surviving shipwreck, he also wrote a lot of letters. Over...
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