Prayers for a happy death

You know those summer days when the only word for the sunlight is brilliant? That is how I would describe the morning of Saturday, July 13. All of creation seemed to be reverencing the life of Jim Rutherford on the day of

Can Catholics approve of the death penalty?

Question: A priest told us that if we approve of the death penalty we are not Catholics in good standing. Is this true? — Peter Tate, Long Beach, California Answer: The debate over the recent change in the Catechism’s wording about the

Viewing Jesus as the Good Samaritan

The greatest threat to the Gospel may be not secularization or a culture hostile to Christianity. Instead, it may be ourselves, our own tepid preaching of the word. As a Church, we regularly reduce the Gospel to a series of moral principles.

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