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Simcha Fisher is a speaker, freelance writer and author of The Sinner's Guide to Natural Family Planning. She blogs daily at simchafisher.com and weekly at The Catholic Weekly. She lives in New Hampshire with her husband and 10 kids.
FaithFaith in Focus
Simcha Fisher
Simcha Fisher: We are trying to persuade ourselves—and worse, to teach children—that life does not mean anything.
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Simcha Fisher
In the culture of the shout, the intimate heat of the crucible of suffering is replaced by the heat of the Klieg lights, which reveal without transforming.
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Simcha Fisher
“Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be made low.” Are you ready?
Politics & SocietyOpinion
Simcha Fisher
Let’s begin to enlist both left and right in service of the vulnerable—using the ideological language they already accept.
FaithFeatures
Simcha Fisher
The work of choosing and being a godparent can lead to hurt feelings, dashed expectations—and the occasional influx of unexpected grace.
Politics & SocietyNews Analysis
Bill McGarveySimcha Fisher
A conversation between Simcha Fisher and Bill McGarvey, two columnists for America. They discuss the Kavanaugh hearing and more via email.
Cristo crucificado, by Diego Velázquez, 1632
FaithFaith in Focus
Simcha Fisher
He knew about Uncle Ted, and he knew about everything else we’re about to find out. That is why he came.
FaithFeatures
Simcha Fisher
What pastors say to women in abusive relationships can be life-changing
FaithFaith in Focus
Simcha Fisher
Choosing death is choosing death, and that choice always comes from within a dark hole.
Pope Francis talks with Cardinal Sean P. O'Malley of Boston, president of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors, as they arrive for a meeting in the synod hall at the Vatican in this Feb. 13, 2015, file photo. (CNS photo/Paul Haring) 
Politics & SocietyLast Take
Simcha Fisher
Righteous call-outs should be patterned after Cardinal O’Malley’s rebuke of Pope Francis on sex abuse.