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The parallels between Aesop’s “The Frogs Who Desired a King” and our own political moment are hard to ignore. I hope I am wrong, but my sense is that we are living in the early, distracting ...

The imagery in John 21 is different. Jesus is not referred to as King but as the Good Shepherd. In John 10:16 Jesus speaks of "one flock and one shepherd." From the text it is obvious that the ...

Cardinal William Goh of Singapore encouraged Catholic educators to confidently introduce young people to Jesus, assuring them that doing so would provide students with passion, purpose, and meaning in ...

Jesus did not let cultural or religious taboos stand in his way. He breaks through such petty barriers to restore our life. Jesus knocks down walls that seem as unbreachable as death. Nothing stops ...

Patricia Ann Labuda, a longtime Rockville, Maryland resident and member of St. Francis of Assisi Parish in Derwood who ...

Proverbs 11:13 warns: “A gossip betrays a confidence, but a trustworthy person keeps a secret.” This malpractice has led many Christians to spiritual despair and estrangement from the church. This new ...

The unquenchable fires in Los Angeles, heartbreaking school shootings — and now, yet another tragedy has struck. All 67 lives ...

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The smell of incense perfumed the packed sanctuary of St. Agnes Parish in Arlington on Jan. 27, where Archbishop Henning celebrated Mass to mark the beginning of Catholic Schools Week. A ...

I could be wrong, but the only time Jesus directly talks about Hell is in Matthew 5:22, “But I say to you that if you are ...

Dartmoor is not a barren wilderness, the landscape has been touched all over by man, as Simon Dell described to appreciative ...