May holds up for us two towering features of our faith: Jesus, our Good Shepherd; and Mary, His Mother. In fact, this year, we rejoiced in both figures, as Mother’s Day occurred on Good Shepherd …
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By CARDINAL TIMOTHY M. DOLAN
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5/18/22
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Father George Sears, the director of vocations for the archdiocese, said the new regional approach to priestly vocations …
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By JOHN WOODS
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5/4/22
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On April 23, I had the privilege to spend the day with 700 high schoolers at our archdiocese’s “New York …
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By Auxiliary Bishop Joseph A. Espaillat
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5/4/22
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I recently did a search of my past Life Lines columns to find something I wrote here six years ago: “Sometimes … more
By MARY DeTURRIS POUST
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5/4/22
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Hemos dicho que la moral no puede quedarse en el planteamiento de principios abstractos con pretensión …
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Por PADRE LORENZO ATO
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5/4/22
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What if there are not one but two chasms that divide Americans today? One chasm separates the reds and blues, the ideologically conservative …
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By GREG ERLANDSON
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5/4/22
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Sharon Tate was a young, ambitious reporter working for a struggling local newspaper. Like many recently . …
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By FATHER BOB PAGLIARI, C.Ss.R., Ph.D.
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4/27/22
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Archbishop Borys Gudziak of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia …
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By JOHN WOODS
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4/20/22
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A shadow lies over Easter this year, dimming, in a way, the light …
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By CLAUDIA McDONNELL
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4/20/22
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In both the Roman and Byzantine liturgical calendars, Lent …
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By GEORGE WEIGEL
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4/20/22
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La verdad se nos revela, sobre todo, en el acto de juzgar. Aristóteles …
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Por PADRE LORENZO ATO
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4/20/22
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While serving as Pastor in the Bronx, I had the privilege of knowing a very devout and prayerful woman. Her name was Virginia. Ginny, as she liked to be called, was a retired nurse. Ninety years …
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By AUXILIARY BISHOP JOHN S. BONNICI
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4/20/22
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Puedo compartir una historia del velorio de Mamá que podría ayudarnos apreciar y comprender mejor el significado de los eventos sagrados que observamos en esta Semana Santa? Fue de ayuda para mí. …
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Por Cardenal Timothy M. Dolan
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4/20/22
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With Lent turning toward Holy Week and Easter, this is a time of year many people like to take up some spiritual reading. I would like to suggest “On Second Thoughts: A Book of Stories” by Father …
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By JOHN WOODS
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4/6/22
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We are nearing the end of our 40-day pilgrimage through Lent, but the truth is that we are on a pilgrimage that never ends. Our entire spiritual life is pilgrimage, and while our destination (eternal …
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By MARY DeTURRIS POUST
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4/6/22
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Matt Martinusen lost his job at a precarious time. He was the sole breadwinner, and his wife, Lisa, a stay-at-home mom, had just had their third baby.
The non-profit Matt had been working for was …
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By CHRISTINA CAPECCHI
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4/6/22
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Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam called Thomas More “omnium horarum homo,” Latin for “a man ready for whatever may come,” or …
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By GARAN SANTICOLA
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4/6/22
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Can I share a story from Mom’s wake which might help us appreciate and understand better the meaning of the sacred events we observe this Holy Week? It sure helped me.
So, in the midst of the …
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By CARDINAL TIMOTHY M. DOLAN
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4/6/22
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La invasión de Rusia a Ucrania vuelve a poner en debate la cuestión de si puede justificarse alguna “intervención militar” en contra de otro país, bajo el argumento de la “seguridad …
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Por PADRE LORENZO ATO
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4/6/22
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This is a true story.
Michael had a younger brother named Roy, who was a medical doctor. On the day of Roy’s 40th birthday, his wife, Rachel, called Michael with an urgent plea. This is a …
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By FATHER BOB PAGLIARI, C.Ss.R., Ph.D.
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3/29/22
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