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• The Evidential Power of Beauty

  

  by CHARLES J. CHAPUT, O.F.M. CAP. Beauty is the battlefield where God and Satan contend for the hearts of men.” – Dostoyevsky, The Brothers Karamazov “Late... Read more

  Posted on 28 June 2013 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Welcome to the Mental Ward

  

  by Anthony Esolen Chesterton once wrote that the madman is not the fellow who has lost his reason, but the fellow who has lost everything but his reason. Read more

  Posted on 21 June 2013 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• A Catholic View of “Frankenstein”

  

  SEAN FITZPATRICK The womb and the tomb — one of the most striking mirror images that our lives have to offer. Babies are buried alive in their warm... Read more

  Posted on 13 June 2013 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• St. John the Evangelist and St . Ignatius Join in Corpus Christi Procession

  

  In celebration of the feast of Corpus Christi, St. Ignatius Loyola and St. John the Evangelist parishioners joined together Sunday, June 2 for the second... Read more

  Posted on 07 June 2013 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• The Atheist Orthodoxy That Drove Me to Faith

  

  by Megan Hodder Megan Hodder was a young, avid reader of the New Atheists, but her life changed when she read the work of their Catholic foes Last Easter, when ... Read more

  Posted on 31 May 2013 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Father John Stokely Reflects on God’s Calling in His Life.

  

  Newly ordained priest, Father John Stokely, 26, zeroed in on his future vocation early in life. Make that very early in life. He was 6 when he decided he... Read more

  Posted on 24 May 2013 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• The Rise, Fall and Future of Catholicism in the U.S.

  

  A Catholic World Report interview with Russell Shaw, author of American Church. Left: Cardinal James Gibbons (1834-1921), Archbishop of Baltimore. Read more

  Posted on 17 May 2013 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• The Letter

  

  He rose before six that morning, same as usual, and donned his sweatshirt and went for a jog — three miles now, in a slight concession to age, rather than four. Read more

  Posted on 08 May 2013 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• The Cost of Being Catholic

  

  by Christopher Manion (reprinted from Crisis Magazine) Nowadays, “charity” conjures up various images, some of which are quite distant from everyday life.... Read more

  Posted on 02 May 2013 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• I Was That Girl That Could Not Say No

  

  God pierced my soul when I was all alone, wandering in the darkness’ GREELEY, CO, USA — Her world was turned upside down. She was single. Alone. Afraid. Her 21s... Read more

  Posted on 26 April 2013 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• The Peace That Christ Alone Can Give

  

  POPE-EMERITUS BENEDICT XVI Every year in celebrating Easter we relive the experience of the first disciples of Jesus, the experience of the encounter with him... Read more

  Posted on 12 April 2013 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• The Reform We Need

  

  by Randall B. Smith Crisis Magazine Amidst of all the joys of a new pope and my continuing wonder at the smooth transition effected by cardinals who pray... Read more

  Posted on 05 April 2013 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Reflections on the Christian Life

  

  How Our Story is God’s Story “In these pages, St. Augustine’s ‘beauty ever ancient, ever new’ is presented with a simple elegance worthy of the Gospel’s... Read more

  Posted on 26 March 2013 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• The Vision and Name of Pope Francis

  

  Tim Gray, Ph.D. By choosing a new name, every new Pope signals, in a simple but profound way, the vision they see for their leadership. It reveals their own... Read more

  Posted on 15 March 2013 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Catholicism, True Reform and the Next Pope

  

  Samuel Gregg, Crisis Magazine Given the contempt with which some people regard Catholicism these days, it’s extraordinary just how badly the very same... Read more

  Posted on 08 March 2013 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• The Pope Who Was Actually a Bear

  

  In 1977, a frail, reluctant, 50-year-old college teacher was pressed by his confessor to accept appointment as Bishop of Munich. Read more

  Posted on 01 March 2013 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• From Sinners to Saints

  

  By Jeannine Marino Everyone has favorite saints: Saints whose writings inspire us, whose charity compels us to give more of ourselves, or whose miraculous... Read more

  Posted on 22 February 2013 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Preparing for the Journey of Lent, 2013

  

  THE MOST REVEREND CHARLES J. CHAPUT Georges Bernanos deeply loved the Church, but he could also be brutally candid when it came to himself and his fellow... Read more

  Posted on 15 February 2013 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Decline and Fall. And Hope.

  

  Americans would do well to ask the question posed by Ponticianus sixteen centuries ago: “What is our aim in life?” By Dr. Edmund J. Read more

  Posted on 09 February 2013 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• It’s the Stupid Culture

  

  ROBERT ROYAL Everyone today complains about the culture. From liberals who think it promotes gun violence and “hate crimes” to conservatives who believe it’s... Read more

  Posted on 02 February 2013 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY