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Life
Fr. Christopher Pietraszko

No Excuse for Indifference

Invincible ignorance cannot apply to all things as a possibility because of the principle of Synderesis. Synderesis is a scholastic term that states definitively and

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Spirituality
Fr. Christopher Pietraszko

Root Ourselves in Him

Personas are probably one of the worst things that can poison one’s faith, inhibit discernment, and lead to errors.  When we identify, fundamentally, as anything

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Life
Deborah Sucich

Witness for Life

In these Easter days of celebrating the Resurrection of Jesus, there is no better way to witness to the risen life of Christ than by

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Feasts
Fr. Gerald Musa

The Holy Trinity and One God

“God is not something vague… He is tangible; He is not abstract but has a name: God is love.” ~ Pope Francis. Most African traditional

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Feasts
Fr. Joseph Gill

Shepherding the Domestic Church

Today is often called “Good Shepherd Sunday”, after the beautiful Gospel we just heard. It is often typical to talk about the priesthood, which is

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Scripture
Fr. Joseph Gill

Scar Stories

It may just be a guy thing, but young boys love to tell stories of their scars. It’s always humorous when I’m at the middle

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New Media
Fr. Christopher Pietraszko

The Perfect Opportunity

The end of episode 3, season 2 of The Chosen is something at times I relate to as a priest. The Apostles quarrel in a

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Scripture
Fr. Joseph Gill

The Truth of the Scriptures

Today’s readings have a common theme: that the Scriptures all point to Jesus. Peter speaks to the people on Pentecost morning, explaining that Jesus is

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Life
Christina M. Sorrentino

Modesty – More Than How We Dress

“Modesty is more than just a hemline, it is an interior disposition that influences not only our dress, but our thoughts an actions.” -Leah Darrow

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Columnists
Kat Larson

Merciful Doubt

The new calendar year officially began in January and the new liturgical year started even before that. Nevertheless, the new Easter season seems to hold

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Columnists
Fr. Christopher Pietraszko

The Joy of St. Joseph

Consider what St. Joseph must have known, when the prophesy spoke about Mary’s suffering? It was though he wasn’t there. He had to come to

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Scripture
Fr. Christopher Pietraszko

The “Good-News”

When we hear the phrase “good-news” we tend to think that automatically whatever will be proclaimed will be received as good-news.  However, our own spiritual

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Feasts
Fr. Gerald Musa

Ministers of Mercy

My friend Fr. Cyril Ibeh of Sokoto Diocese calls the Sacrament of Confession a “Tribunal of Mercy.” He sees the spiritual exercise commonly known as

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Spirituality
Fr. Christopher Pietraszko

Loving God

One of the errors I’ve run into is to believe that we only are to love those in need of love.  It’s a view that

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Religion
Fr. Joseph Gill

The Virtues

One time I was teaching a group of eighth-graders about sin. One boy raised his hand and said, “I really don’t want to sin. Would

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