Worship & Religion

Well-informed conscience is beautiful to have, don’t waste it

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Well-informed conscience is beautiful to have, don’t waste it

Saturday, May 16, 2026

Mother Teresa famously said, “the greatest destroyer of peace today is abortion,” while standing on a dais with President Bill Clinton and first lady Hillary Clinton in a National Prayer Breakfast Speech in Washington, D.C., in February 1994. It was big news at the time.

Grief is a multifaceted mystery that many people fear, deny, reject

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Grief is a multifaceted mystery that many people fear, deny, reject

Saturday, May 2, 2026

In the wee hours of the morning on April 24, I realized I had missed the anniversary of the death of my dear friend Kate O’Beirne.I’ve been thinking about her a lot lately, as I typically do, but I didn’t do anything special or different to mark the occasion.

‘The Lord shows us how it is important to be happy in all situations’

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‘The Lord shows us how it is important to be happy in all situations’

Saturday, April 25, 2026

I once brought tears to the eyes of the new patriarch of the Chaldean Church. He’s known as Paul III now, but back in 2016 he was an archbishop, formerly of Mosul, in Iraq. He had recently been reassigned to Australia, where many an Iraqi had fled the so-called Islamic State (or “ISIS”) genocide.

‘Life is a gift and is meant to be lived in love for God and his people’

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‘Life is a gift and is meant to be lived in love for God and his people’

Saturday, April 18, 2026

If you don’t know former Nebraska Sen. Ben Sasse, he’s the first to tell you these days that he wasn’t ready for the fight of Washington, in some respects. He wasn’t a politician – honestly, the man is a nerd in the best of ways. He believed in the nobility of public service.

Christians sometimes actually live like Christians; it benefits everyone

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Christians sometimes actually live like Christians; it benefits everyone

Saturday, April 11, 2026

This is the question Catholic bishops are asking one another, according to Cardinal Robert McElroy of the Archdiocese of Washington, D.C. is “what is your number?

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Judge says Penn must turn over information about Jewish employees

Saturday, April 4, 2026

(AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday ordered the University of Pennsylvania to hand over records about Jewish employees on campus to a federal agency as part of an investigation into antisemitic discrimination but said it did not have to reveal any employee’s affiliation with a specific group.U.S.

The power birthdays have on people who struggle with self-worth

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The power birthdays have on people who struggle with self-worth

Saturday, March 28, 2026

When most of us think of our birthdays, we probably have flashbacks to childhood.When I was 3, my parents put together a Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs party for me. The icing on the cake (pun intended) – besides the love poured into it – was the Dopey cookie.

Episcopal presiding bishop denies reports of impending doom

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Episcopal presiding bishop denies reports of impending doom

Saturday, March 21, 2026

Episcopal Church leaders have long heard warning sirens in their annual reports, with brutal statistics supporting this reality: They have lost half of their members since the 1960s.

Now is a good time to pray for peace in the Middle East

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Now is a good time to pray for peace in the Middle East

Saturday, March 14, 2026

The Scriptural mandate, “pray for the peace of Jerusalem,” seems appropriate given recent events in Iran: the U.S.-Israeli strikes and especially the demise of the supreme leader of the Islamic Republic Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

The world needs mothers and fathers that can model responsibility

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The world needs mothers and fathers that can model responsibility

Saturday, March 7, 2026

Father Michael’s question, “have you told the women?” disarmed Martha Reichert – and changed her life.Reichert was in the tough first days of her continuing work with women who are abuse victims, prostitutes and addicts at Samaritan House, a homeless shelter in Denver, Colo.