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From readers – February 9, 2023

Snow and silence Bishops and abortion

On the road to conversion

There are some roads in our country that carry special meaning for those who seek freedom.

‘The Word became flesh’

“Verbum caro factum est.” If you’re not familiar with this Latin phrase, you likely know its English translation: “The Word became flesh.”

Self-love: Love that counteracts shame

Some people might read this column’s headline and think it is self-indulgent and not appropriate for the month of love. However, self-love must be present before we can love others. The greatest impediment to self-love is shame. The late John Bradshaw, counselor and motivational speaker, explains “the feeling of shame has a demonic potential to encompass our whole personality … a person can come to believe that his (or her) whole self is fundamentally flawed and defective.”

Dissolving the dead

In recent years, a number of US states have legalized a new way to process human corpses that some have called “dissolving the dead.” Its technical name is “alkaline hydrolysis,” but it is also known as biocremation, aquamation, green cremation, and resomation.

The greatest of these is love

This morning, I recognized a shift in my journalism career that feels noteworthy. In the past two years, I’ve done more open-ended interviews than ever before.

Do annulments hurt or heal? Yes.

One challenge of my work as a judge in a diocesan marriage tribunal is that, in one sense, nobody is happy to have to meet me. No matter how a relationship became broken, or whose "fault" it was, or whether a declaration of nullity can ultimately be granted, the experience of a failed marriage is never easy.

Advocating for policies that help families care for their loved ones

Protecting workers Mental health access Unite for Life at the Capitol
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