Congress recently passed the “Big Beautiful Bill” at the beginning of July. While that bill contains a lot of material worthy of debate, one provision in the bill is a good sign for …
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7/10/25
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Should a local or state government tax Catholic Charities? That was the question brought to the U.S. Supreme Court recently. In “Catholic Charities Bureau v. Wisconsin Labor and Industry Review …
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7/10/25
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In 1944, Joseph Stalin famously impugned papal military power in a quip to Winston Churchill, when he inquired of the British Prime Minister: “The Pope? How many divisions does he have?” …
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6/26/25
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During the month of June, the Church honors the Sacred Heart of Jesus with proper solemnity. Following the seventeenth century apparitions to Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque in Paray-le-Monial, France, …
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6/26/25
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It has been rightly noted that the same four words that Jesus Christ used at the Last Supper to change ordinary bread and wine into the Holy Eucharist (“This is my body”) are used by some …
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6/19/25
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By Archbishop Thomas G. Wenski OSV News The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” passed in the House of Representatives and is now in the Senate. The senators have a chance to reshape or alter …
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By Archbishop Thomas G. Wenski, OSV News
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6/12/25
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If you were to ask Catholics of a certain generation to explain why a particular act (take adultery as just one representative example) should be classified as a sin, you would likely hear that it …
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By Father Ryan Connors
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5/29/25
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By Laura Kelly Fanucci OSV News One year ago, on the feast of the Ascension, we attended Mass in a hotel basement. One of our older kids was in a weekend tournament, and a priest from one of the …
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By Laura Kelly Fanucci, OSV News
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5/21/25
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For someone for whom the idea of a celebrity culture putting people on an undeserved pedestal was distasteful, it’s a bit ironic that he’s been put on a pedestal himself. In the case of …
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By Sister Hosea Rupprecht, OSV News
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5/8/25
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Where do you draw the line—the “mercy line?” The mercy line marks the point beyond which, in your view, mercy should NOT be offered to a person: If you do such-and-such a …
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4/24/25
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By Father John Maria Devaney, O.P.
On April 30, 2000, during the last ordinary jubilee year the Church celebrated, Pope St. John Paul II canonized a young Polish religious sister named Sister …
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Father John Maria Devaney, O.P.
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4/17/25
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For weeks the faithful waited to hear news of Pope Francis’s well-being. Prayers, novenas, rosaries and Masses were all offered for his health. Several times it seemed like he would not …
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4/10/25
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Fasting is a form of penance that imposes limits on our consumption of food and drink. For centuries, it has been an integral part of Catholic life throughout the year to detach ourselves from …
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4/10/25
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Matthew, Zaccheus, Mary Magdalene, the woman at the well, the one caught in adultery, the sinful woman at the house of Simon the Pharisee, tax collectors, sinners, and Samaritans: the list of …
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By Jaymie Stuart Wolfe, OSV News
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4/3/25
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In all likelihood, you’ve never heard of him. His name was Baudouin, and he ruled the people of Belgium as their king for 42 years—from 1951-1993—except for 36 hours in April of …
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3/27/25
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Remembrance is a central part of our Catholic faith. For the nine years I attended Catholic grade school, Friday afternoons of Lent were spent in church. The entire school community gathered to pray …
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By Michael R. Heinlein, OSV News
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3/20/25
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For some years now, it has been fashionable for Catholics to declare that we’re not giving up anything for Lent but instead are doing something positive. This false dichotomy makes sense within …
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By Scott P. Richert, OSV News
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3/13/25
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On September 30, 1938, the United Kingdom, France, Italy, and Germany signed the “Munich Agreement,” which annexed to Germany the Sudetenland, territory belonging to then-Czechoslovakia. …
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3/6/25
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In a column he wrote for the Rhode Island Catholic a couple of years ago, our Bishop at the time, Thomas J. Tobin, offered a reflection on the subject of what we wear, and how what we wear often …
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2/27/25
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At a recent Sunday Mass, our curious kindergartener leaned over to me and asked why we trace a small cross on our forehead, lips and heart as the Gospel is about to be …
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By Michael R. Heinlein, OSV News
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2/20/25
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