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Transcendent Hope

We’ve gotten pretty confident, as a culture, about what we think we need and don’t need for free, happy, fulfilling lives.

Aug 27, 2026
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Capacitated for the Divine

The Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes recently announced that Saint Bernadette’s relics will once again tour the United States, after a hugely positive response to their last pilgrimage in 2022.

Aug 20, 2026
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False Self-Construction

God put us together as individuals who belong to communities: we are individual as well as social, intrinsically and necessarily.

Aug 13, 2026
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Dogmatic Identity

The real campus speech crisis isn't censorship - it's the replacement of open inquiry with dogmatic political identities that discourage genuine dialogue.

Aug 6, 2026
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Love and Empathy

“These women are practicing empathy in the extreme.” That’s what this New York Times piece has to say about one community of nuns, who rise in the middle of the night to pray for mothers.

Jul 30, 2026
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Caesar and God

A bishop of a New York diocese as well as four communities of religious sisters have filed a lawsuit against New York government officials, in response to the passing of a law that would force them to participate in the process of physician-assisted suicide.

Jul 23, 2026
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Liberty in Christ

The future of bioethics ought to be founded on America's promises, one author argues: life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness (for physician and patient alike).

Jul 16, 2026
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Labor and Creation

Is a world in which humanity is freed from labor a world we want to inhabit?

Jul 9, 2026
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That They May Be One

Why is it so important that we, as a Church, pursue unity? And what kind of unity are we really looking for?

Jul 2, 2026
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Unity in Truth

In a recent address, Pope Leo highlighted what a great gift the Eastern Churches are, noting that they offer Catholics a rich, and important, diversity.

Jun 25, 2026