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Mexican consulate, clinics announce new partnership to provide health services
Voter ID offers chance to clarify church role in public arena
On the vast majority of issues, the Church does not take a position because it is the laity, and not the clergy, who are directly responsible for the just ordering of society
How to choose: Fishing opener or Mother’s Day?
There are ways men can work through this tough issue
The greater need: A dome for the Vikings or housing for homeless?
Talk of stadium shouldn’t mean legislators fumble the ball on housing
Cuba: engagement is the only way forward
I was privileged to accompany U.S. bishops and hundreds of pilgrims to Cuba for Pope Benedict XVI’s visit to the island nation. The memories of the experience are still sinking in. We visited Santiago and Havana.
Cuba: el acercamiento es el único camino a seguir
Tuve el privilegio de acompañar a los obispos de Estados Unidos y centenares de peregrinos a la isla de Cuba, para la visita del Papa Benedicto XVI. Los recuerdos de esta experiencia todavía están latentes. Visitamos Santiago y La Habana.
What’s new in the ‘new evangelization’?
The content has been in place for centuries, but the delivery system needs attention.
Of popes, presidents and peace
The best efforts of popes, bishops and church diplomats to avert war will be ignored unless all Catholics and people of good will stand against it
St. Croix Catholic School wins technology grant
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- BSM online paper wins national award
- UST gets challenge gift for campaign
- Parish team, deacon honored for service
- BVMs name Hadro as new president
Local principal receives national education award
Kathleen Wollan, principal of Nativity of Our Lord Catholic School in St. Paul, was honored with the 2012 Distinguished Principal Award from the National Catholic Educational Association.
Black & White, or Gray?
One widely-encountered idea today is that there is no black and white when it comes to morality, only a kind of “gray area.” This is often taken to mean that we really can’t know with certainty what is right and wrong, allowing us to “push into the gray” as we make certain moral decisions that at first glance appear to be immoral.
The Messenger of Peace at the Feet of Cristo Rey
Like many, I was surprised when I first heard that Pope Benedict XVI would travel to Mexico but not visit the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City. The stop was a staple in John Paul II’s trips to Mexico.
El Mensajero de la Paz a los pies de Cristo Rey
Como a muchas personas, me sorprendió inicialmente escuchar la noticia de que Benedicto XVI iba a viajar a México pero no visitaría la Basílica de Guadalupe en la Ciudad de México. La visita a la Basílica era cosa segura en los viajes de Juan Pablo II a México.
Fasting can help us develop better spiritual muscles
As I write this column, I am sitting in a hotel room in Santiago, Chile. I’ve been up all night because my flight was delayed and I missed a connection in Panama City. The airline also lost my bag, so I am without a change of clothes, my toothbrush and my computer.
Understanding the economic justice of marriage
As the Social Trends Institute recently concluded, the well-being of a nation’s economy is closely connected to the well-being of the nuclear family.
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