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Dating, Cringe, and St. Thomas Aquinas
Given the natural and supernatural motivations to marry, one would think that young Catholics would be flocking to the altars. But they are not. Catholic marriages in the United States …
Month: October 2026
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I Earned It, I Don’t Owe You Anything
Consider a retired couple who spent 40 years working hard and raising a family. They own their home and have enough saved to live comfortably throughout retirement. They can even …
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US Catholic voters weigh democracy, integrity as midterms approach
A recent survey notes 73% of registered voters said the future of democracy was an important issue for them in the Nov. 3 midterm elections, second only to the economy.
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Podcast: ‘Action is the antidote to a sense of helplessness,’ says anti-nuclear leader
On this week’s episode of “The Nonviolent Jesus Podcast,” John Dear hosts Melissa Parke, executive director of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons.
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Decades before ‘Who am I to judge,’ a gay Jesuit served LGBTQ people
Fr. John McNeill’s groundbreaking 1976 book described homosexuality as a gift from God. The Vatican later silenced him, and the Society of Jesus expelled him.
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Bede the Venerable—All the ways of this world are as fickle and unstable as a sudden storm at sea.
All the ways of this world are as fickle and unstable as a sudden storm at sea. — Bede the Venerable
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Oct. 26 Monday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time, Weekday
The Roman Martyrology commemorates St. Fulk of Piacenza (1164-1229), Italian bishop, and a man of peace, full of zeal and charity.
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Milwaukee Archbishop Grob issues ‘public apology’ over White House meeting
Archbishop Jeffrey Grob of Milwaukee on Sunday issued what he called a “public apology” over his part in the Oct. 22 meeting of bishops at the White House. Grob said …
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Editorial: Bishops’ prayer for Trump may have been sincere. For Trump, it was pure politics.
Our tradition, from the heart of the gospel to the deeply established Catholic social justice tradition it inspired, cries out for religious resistance to the Trump project. Any hint of …
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Milwaukee archbishop who prayed with Trump apologizes, says bishops were ‘manipulated’ by White House
Milwaukee Archbishop Jeffrey Grob expressed “sincere regret” for participating in what he said was “a political photo opportunity” orchestrated by the White House.