A vocation is not a one-time fixed choice, but a continual responsiveness to the movements of God in our lives.
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The Catholic history of our favorite Christmas cookies
There’s no tastier way to begin Advent than to explore the season’s best bakes
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What writing scripts for Hallmark movies taught me about faith
I have met so many people who turn to these movies when life gets hard.
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How did Jesus get over the trauma of the Cross?
The Mass is undoubtedly for us humans. But I wonder—I don’t know!—if the Mass is also somehow the thing that helped Jesus get through.
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This November, pray for the migrants who have died because of ICE
This November, we should pray for those who have died in deaths related to our immigration policy and enforcement, whether in detention centers, on the streets or while driving their cars.
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The Catholic case against A.I. art
It may be useful to parishes or publications on a budget. But something is lost when we replace human creativity with artificial intelligence.
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What three spooky saint stories can teach us about the afterlife
These tales of the dead returning to the living remind us that those who have gone before us are not beyond the reach of our love.
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I had the same type of lung cancer as Pope Leo. It reminded me what it means to live.
Ever since the news broke that Pope Leo’s diagnosis, the early frames of my own lung cancer story have been looping and re-looping through my mind.
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He calls himself ‘90 percent Catholic.’ His fidelity has something to teach the church.
As I listened to Juan, I was struck by his capacity for acceptance and fidelity. He wishes that he could receive the sacraments, but that has not led him to resentment towards the church.
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A Prayer for Pope Leo’s Recovery
As Leo faces treatment, give him all the gifts of the Holy Spirit, especially fortitude.