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Book Review: A Year with the Mystics

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Oct 11, 2019

By Andrea Picciotti-Bayer

Our parish’s fall festival was coming to an end. As I rounded up my little ones, I spotted an acquaintance.... Read more

Adoration of the Mystic Lamb by Hubert and Jan van Eyck (c. 1432).

Made for Heaven

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Jul 8, 2019

By Father Dave Pivonka, TOR

Last weekend, like most weekends this summer, I stood in front of teens at a Steubenville Youth Conference talking about... Read more

The paschal candle in St. Peter's Basilica.

'Be still and know that I am God'

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Apr 16, 2019

By Andrea Picciotti-Bayer

How many Catholics will fill the pews on Easter Sunday 2019? Will this year see a noticeable decline in parishioners... Read more

Photo courtesy of the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe.

Book Review: The Anti-Mary Exposed

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Mar 28, 2019

By Andrea Picciotti-Bayer

Why are so many women so angry today?   Don’t get me wrong, confronting abuse, harassment, and unfair treatment demands... Read more

One in a million: reflections on NY's Reproductive Health Act

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Feb 1, 2019

By Katie Trudeau

Has anyone ever told you in life, “you’re one in a million”? For me, that sentence has a whole new... Read more

Pakistanis protest Nov. 2, 2018 in Lahore, shortly after the nation's supreme court acquitted Asia Bibi of blasphemy charges.

Can Asia Bibi remain acquitted of blasphemy in Pakistan?

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Jan 28, 2019

By Andrea Picciotti-Bayer

This Tuesday a three-judge panel of Pakistan’s Supreme Court will decide whether to reconsider its acquittal of a Pakistani Christian... Read more

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On gene editing

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Dec 20, 2018

By Dr. Grazie Pozo Christie

A Chinese scientist, Jiankui He, last month announced the birth of twin babies whose genes he claims to have modified... Read more

The March for Life in Washington, D.C., Jan. 27, 2017.

Threefold Uniqueness from Day One

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Dec 5, 2018

By Luke Burgis

In September, we invited world-renowned painter Igor Babailov—the artist behind official paintings of Pope Benedict XVI and several world leaders—to... Read more

Book Review: Mind, Heart, & Soul

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Nov 27, 2018

By Andrea Picciotti-Bayer

The Catholic Church in the United States has received staggering blows of late. The sinful and criminal behavior of a... Read more

Giving thanks for the Church

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Nov 21, 2018

By Maureen Ferguson

It’s a great time to be Catholic. I mean that sincerely… in the sense of Dickens’ opening lines in A... Read more

A mother's reflections on the youth synod

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Oct 29, 2018

By Dr. Grazie Pozo Christie

As a Catholic mother of five young people, I have been watching the Youth Synod with great interest and praying... Read more

Book Review: When Women Pray

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Oct 3, 2018

By Andrea Picciotti-Bayer

Catholic women in the United States – indeed, all Catholics – now face a test of our faith. The scandals... Read more

Pope Francis.

Why I signed the women's letter to the pope

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Sep 10, 2018

By Andrea Picciotti-Bayer

Despite feeling humiliated and betrayed as a faithful Catholic, I am thankful for our summer of shame. I am grateful... Read more

With McCarrick, timing is everything

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Jul 27, 2018

By Pia de Solenni

Back in October, when Harvey Weinstein’s exploits [crimes] became public, those of us who have been supportive of the Catholic... Read more

Pope Francis.

Three things Pope Francis can do on clerical sexual abuse

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Jul 11, 2018

By Christopher Altieri

If there is one thing news from around the world has proven over the course of the first half of... Read more

Our Lady of Aradin

Looking Forward to Religious Freedom Week

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Jun 20, 2018

By Andrea Picciotti-Bayer

The plight of persecuted Christians in the Middle East is shocking to American sensibilities. Because we are only occasionally reminded... Read more

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Movie review: “Pope Francis – A Man of his Word”

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May 22, 2018

By Andrea Picciotti-Bayer

Renewed interest in Catholicism from the most surprising places in America, New York City and Hollywood, signals that a seemingly... Read more

All are called to holiness, even lawyers

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Apr 21, 2018

By Andrea Picciotti-Bayer

Pope Francis last week issued a short letter about holiness. On the Call to Holiness in Today's World offers important... Read more

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Williamson debate should remind us: 'thou shalt not kill'

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Apr 10, 2018

By Ed Condon

The recent outrage against Kevin Williamson’s conclusion that abortion should be treated as homicide, even if murder leads to execution,... Read more

Looking back at the last five years with Pope Francis

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Mar 13, 2018

By Andrea Picciotti-Bayer

This week marks the 5th anniversary of the pontificate of Pope Francis. He has surprised the Church – and the... Read more