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One of the unwritten rules I have always tried to observe as a Catholic journalist is shying away from asking priests for interviews on Sundays, for obvious reasons. We are living in different times …
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By John Woods
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3/25/20
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The older I get, the more I like to tackle things I probably have no business tackling. In the course of the past 10 years, I’ve done everything from tennis lessons (I was never much of an …
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By MARY DeTURRIS POUST
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3/25/20
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As we draw nearer to Holy Week, I’m thinking of one of the most poignant events in the story of our salvation: the Agony in the Garden. It marks the beginning of the Passion and death …
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By CLAUDIA McDONNELL
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3/25/20
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Crises help us recover basics we have ignored.
In Catholic life, what is most essential is Jesus, our faith and trust in Him.
Basic as well is our sure belief that one of the most powerful ways …
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By CARDINAL TIMOTHY DOLAN
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3/25/20
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Las crisis nos ayudan recuperar lo básico que hemos ignorado.
En la vida Católica, lo más esencial es Jesús, nuestra fe y confianza en Él.
Básico es …
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Por CARDINAL TIMOTHY M. DOLAN
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3/25/20
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En muchos discursos y documentos eclesiales el papa Francisco ha insistido en la necesidad de la Iglesia de escuchar el clamor de los pobres y hacerse cargo de ellos; pero, también ha manifestado, …
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Por PADRE LORENZO ATO
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3/25/20
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Last week, I had a phone interview with Julianne Stanz shortly before she led a professional enrichment day for 150 people at St. Joseph’s Seminary, Dunwoodie, on “How to Reach the …
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By JOHN WOODS
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3/11/20
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Recently I was at a young adult gathering and the topic of celibacy was on the forefront of many people’s minds since it has been covered in the press regarding the Amazon synod and the document …
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By FATHER CHRISTOPHER ARGANO
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3/11/20
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There comes a moment when something clicks. At a book club or a Bible study. In a carpool circle or a coffee shop. A connection is made, and a gathering turns into a group, taking on a life of its …
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By CHRISTINA CAPECCHI
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3/11/20
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El título de esta columna está tomado de la expresión del papa Francisco en su homilía durante la misa del Miércoles de Ceniza 2020. La Cuaresma—nos dice el Papa—“no es el tiempo para …
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Por PADRE LORENZO ATO
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3/11/20
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Two weeks ago, Ash Wednesday, February 26, I celebrated evening Mass at Our Lady of Victory Parish down in the financial district. The Church was full, the choir superb, the Eucharist reverent and …
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By CARDINAL TIMOTHY DOLAN
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3/11/20
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In the mid-1990s, a gifted Newsday reporter named Bob Keeler won a Pulitzer Prize for an in-depth series of articles about St. Brigid’s parish in the Diocese of Rockville Centre.
Back then, I …
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By JOHN WOODS
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2/28/20
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Jeffrey Adams, a college seminarian, was eager to learn everything …
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By FATHER BOB PAGLIARI, C.Ss.R., Ph.D.
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2/28/20
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Everyone has his or her own story. Our history, family, faith, environment—all of it combines to create a background story that runs through …
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By MARY DeTURRIS POUST
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2/26/20
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On the elevator at work one day, I chatted with a woman who was the only other person onboard. Both of us remarked that we were looking forward to …
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By CLAUDIA McDONNELL
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2/26/20
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Seventy-five years ago, on Jan. 27, 1945, the infantrymen of the Red Army’s 322nd Rifle Division were bludgeoning their way into the Third Reich when they discovered the Auschwitz-Birkenau …
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By GEORGE WEIGEL
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2/26/20
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In his book “What is Art?” Leo Tolstoy wrote, “The business of art lies just in this,—to make that understood and felt which, in the form of an argument, might be incomprehensible and …
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By GARAN SANTICOLA
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2/26/20
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Remember!
A loaded word in our vocabulary, one laden with substance.
Chatting with people my own age—I just turned seventy—and beyond, I often hear them whisper with apprehension, …
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By CARDINAL TIMOTHY DOLAN
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2/26/20
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El 12 de febrero de 2020 se publicó la Exhortación Apostólica “Querida Amazonía” del papa Francisco. El documento era muy esperado después de la realización del Sínodo sobre la Amazonía …
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Por PADRE LORENZO ATO
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2/26/20
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¡Recuerda!
Una palabra abundante en nuestro vocabulario, una llena de sustancia.
Conversando con personas de mi edad – acabo de cumplir setenta - y más allá, a menudo …
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Por CARDINAL TIMOTHY M. DOLAN
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2/26/20
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