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October 23, 2013

Saint John of Capistrano and a reminder of spring time

The Oct. 23 feast of the Franciscan friar Saint John of Capistrano (1385-1456) reminds me of the springtime and the miracle of the swallows. It is pretty ironic that I am thinking spring today since it is chilly outside and we have a freeze warning here in Harford County for

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October 23, 2013

Week in My Life: Wednesday

This week I'm trying to blog every day as part of the Week in My Life series.Getting out of bed this morning, I notice how quiet it is. The boys are still asleep. As I’m starting to heat their breakfast soup in the kitchen, Daniel wanders in, his Lightning McQueen

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October 23, 2013

Ready times three

I looked at my calendar one day in early October and realized that my due date was closer than I realized. I felt a rush, but of joy, not panic, even though I had done little to prepare for our new arrival. This time, I knew what being ready truly

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October 23, 2013

Week in My Life 2013: Tuesday

This week I’m trying to blog every day as part of the Week in My Life series.I left Leo’s Lego Ninjago shirt draped over his footboard so he would see it first thing in the morning, but he’s squinting in the bright light when he comes out of his room, and

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October 23, 2013

Pope authorizes leave of absence for German ‘luxury bishop’

Pope Francis has authorized a leave of absence for a German bishop at the center of controversy over expenditures for his residence and diocesan center.

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October 23, 2013

Colin Powell weighs in at Loyola U. on world scene

Former Secretary of State Colin L. Powell spoke at the second annual Hanway Lecture in Global Studies at Loyola University Maryland Oct. 22.

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October 22, 2013

Week in My Life 2013: Monday

I could either spend my spare time this week trying to figure out how to make a huge brownie in the shape of Darth Vader holding a red light saber for my son’s 6th birthday celebration—or I could try to give you a glimpse into our daily life as a

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October 22, 2013

Playing God: Changing genders? The ethics of sex reassignments

In August, the day after he was sentenced for leaking government files, Pfc. Bradley Manning offered America a wholly different kind of revelation: He wants to become a woman named Chelsea.

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October 22, 2013

Still misreading Vatican II

From his present location in the communion of saints, Jesuit Father John Courtney Murray, who died in 1967, is probably indifferent to the various ways his work on Catholicism and American democracy is misconstrued in the 21st century.

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October 22, 2013

Blessed Pope John Paul II and the beauty of the arts

“Artistic talent is a gift from God and whoever discovers it in himself has a certain obligation: to know that he cannot waste this talent, but must develop it.”—Blessed Pope John Paul II Pope Benedict XVI is seen here in Wadowice, Poland, with a painting of Pope John Paul II, May

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