Worship & Religion

‘You have to know and trust that God’s way is not your way’

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‘You have to know and trust that God’s way is not your way’

Saturday, September 26, 2026

Claire Lai had been reading Fulton J. Sheen, the archbishop and trailblazing American TV host who is advancing on the road to sainthood in the Catholic Church with a beatification Mass at the Dome at America’s Center in downtown St. Louis.

For us to remember is to pray for peace and justice

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For us to remember is to pray for peace and justice

Saturday, September 19, 2026

One weekday morning about a decade ago, I was at St. Patrick’s Cathedral on Fifth Avenue in New York City, waiting in line to go to confession. My pre-sacrament reverie was broken by the sight of a seemingly heavily armed man.

Mother Teresa will show you what it’s like see something more

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Mother Teresa will show you what it’s like see something more

Saturday, September 12, 2026

Abeaming smile comes from a man on a thin mattress on the floor. He looks malnourished. And I know he’s dying because he’s at a Missionaries of Charity Home for the Dying. And yet, it’s hard not to look at his photo and long for what he has.

The endless inspiration that Dolly Parton had blessed us with

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The endless inspiration that Dolly Parton had blessed us with

Saturday, September 5, 2026

You can buy the phrase “In world of Jolenes, be a Dolly” on a plaque for your wall, a sticker for your water bottle or a minisandwich board sign I bought at a Cracker Barrel in Nashville, Tennessee, last fall.We’re a nation mourning the death of Dolly Parton.

Politicians are benefiting right now from confusion and ignorance

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Politicians are benefiting right now from confusion and ignorance

Saturday, August 29, 2026

Electric is not a word you’d normally associate with state government affairs. But such was the atmosphere for a gubernatorial bill signing in Montclair, New Jersey, on an otherwise gloomy August Thursday.Gov. Mikie Sherrill wore a bright orange blouse that seemed to reflect the celebratory mood.

We often don’t know much as we should about fundamental things

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We often don’t know much as we should about fundamental things

Saturday, August 22, 2026

Monica Lewinsky has a podcast called “Reclaiming.”In a vast sea of podcasts, hers stood out at the right time as she and the political world hit upon the same general topic: women’s fertility.The White House press secretary recently appeared on Lewinsky’s podcast.

My Empire State is overrun with radical love and selfless service

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My Empire State is overrun with radical love and selfless service

Saturday, August 15, 2026

Young women taking vows to be espoused to the Lord, Jesus Christ, on Fifth Avenue in New York.Pope Leo meeting with young people in Assisi, the birthplace of one famous man named Francis.

Boy George’s free speech moment before becoming subject of attacks

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Boy George’s free speech moment before becoming subject of attacks

Saturday, August 8, 2026

Michael Marlowe recalled his son chose no to run.Jake Marlowe was murdered at the now infamous Nova music festival in Israel on Oct. 7, 2023. He had been working as a security guard there and was one of 14 British citizens who were killed by Hamas terrorists.

Participating in assisted suicide would be evil and a scandal

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Participating in assisted suicide would be evil and a scandal

Saturday, August 1, 2026

The Dominican Sisters of Hawthorne exist to love patients in their Rosary Hill Home in the suburbs of New York City as Christ himself. As assisted suicide goes into effect in Kathy Hochul’s Empire State, that seems to mean: to crucify him again.

Reject evil of antisemitism: There’s no Christians without Jews

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Reject evil of antisemitism: There’s no Christians without Jews

Saturday, July 25, 2026

Considering some of the things that are said on social media today, “I recognize you as the firstborn of Satan,” may not sound like much of an insult. But coming from a religious man in the second century, it carries weight.