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June 22, 2020

Cops and Padres

There’s a phrase in Juvenal’s "Satires" that might be translated as "Who will guard the guardians?" That’s the right question to ask for both police racism and clergy abuse.
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June 18, 2020

People call me ‘Father,’ but I don’t have kids

The older I get, the more in awe I am of the witness and self-sacrificial love parents have for their children.
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June 16, 2020

Grief and Protest

Grief is absolutely essential to being human, to being fully alive. When we cannot experience, own and befriend our grief, we cannot sustain our hearts.
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June 1, 2020

Pentecost: Rest In Power

The Church, in the powerful peace and peaceful power of the Spirit, will get her public witness back when she finds her way again like the first disciples to breathe deep and speak fire.
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May 26, 2020

The incredible faith and strength of the maid of Orleans — St. Joan of Arc

Hundreds of years later, she inspires more questions than nearly any saint in history.
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May 11, 2020

Wake up

Now more than ever, we must deepen the relationships around us, which afford us an opportunity to encounter God anew.
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May 7, 2020

A new mom’s glimpse of the Father’s heart

Every step, every milestone, no matter how small, is such a joy because I know what it took for my son to get there. Every smile and every hug are a gift, and I’m keenly aware of this since it did not come naturally at first.
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April 21, 2020

Five years after Laudato Si, and 50 after the first Earth Day

Let this five years’ marking of Laudato Si and 50 years’ celebration of Earth Day impel our desires to know and accept our sacred place like never before.
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April 17, 2020

The legacy of St. John Paul II’s encyclical ‘Evangelium Vitae’ at 25

A culture of life is always within reach and is built one moment and decision at a time.
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April 16, 2020

Sense of smell

John Garvey reflects on not having his sense of smell.
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April 14, 2020

Lessons from the novel ‘The Plague’

When overcome with fear, do we pray to a merciful God or see God’s wrath punishing us?
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April 9, 2020

A response to ‘We are an Easter people’

It is irresponsible to assert that we know enough about the virus to encourage, in good conscience, the sorts of decisions that could very well end up becoming matters of life and death.
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