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Why Do You Harden Your Hearts?
… the left and the right about Pope Francis. But, I had also thought such grumblings would be kept to private conversations, not aired in public and in advance of the pope’s visit. Instead, … well as the pope. “He leaves the Vatican to jet around praising subsistence farming, a romance best enjoyed from 30,000 feet above the realities that such farmers yearn to escape,” Will …
Pope says he is 'a bit feminist,' thanks women religious for hard work
… went to the wards, helping patients, holding them, giving them a smile, and the patients kept praising how wonderful the sisters were even though they never said a word. "It was the … pope said. "And darkness is the kingdom of the devil. The light is the Kingdom of Jesus." The best approach if someone feels slighted or disagrees with someone, he said, is to pray about it …
The Reagan Library Debate: Who Won and Who Lost
… they spell your name right. Each headline spelled his name right. Trump also had some of the best moments in the debate. When he turned to Jeb Bush and said, “More energy tonight. I like … prove that she belonged on the main stage. Last time, she was at the kiddie table. She had the best line of the night, responding to Trump’s disparaging remarks about her looks: “I think women … delivered another one of those soundbite moments when he defended his brother George W.: “He kept us safe.” The audience, which was a Bush, establishment-type crowd, gave some of the most …
Brothers: Called to the trenches
… Vocation Conference. "I eagerly await this document on educating the church about this best-kept secret, which is the life of the religious brother." Even most practicing Catholics …
Going beyond
… demand we keep, and which ones can we discard? Is it possible that some of our most fervently kept laws don't even come from God? Cel_Aug302015.jpg … to be following the process the Gospel Jesus employed in determining which laws should be kept and which adapted. The first step in changing any regulation is to be totally honest about … turning point? Even though I can't find the exact saying in the Bible, honesty is always the best biblical policy. [Fr. Roger Vermalen Karban is pastor of Our Lady of Good Counsel Parish in …
Baton Rouge parishes helped Katrina’s youngest and oldest victims
… delivered as many babies as possible but could not keep them as long as they needed to be kept. Babies in stable condition, even if born premature, were sent to St. Patrick and the other … said even in the crowded conditions and with crying from newborns, the evacuees made the best of their circumstances. "No one complained," he said. "They appreciated the help." Donations came from parishioners and across the United States. "The 18-wheelers just kept coming," Gonzales said. "I never knew there were so many different baby formulas, and there …
St. Joseph sister reflects on a life of teaching, family
… Auricchio. Stella and I grew up almost as close as sisters. Our mothers were sisters and best friends and after my mother died when I was eight and my sister was three, my Aunt Louise … and they're sending me to high school!" His reply was that being a first grade teacher was the best preparation for teaching high school students. … begun in the novitiate where we learned classroom management and teaching methods. But my very best educational experience was in religion classes at Manhattan College. It was an exciting time …
Catholic schools must refuse to fire LGBT employees
… employees. Waldron Mercy did show sensitivity and acceptance of their lesbian employee. They kept Winters on staff and valued her contributions to the students and the school community. But … writes, "I realize some disagree with my decision. I believe, however, I have acted in the best interest of the Waldron Mercy community and preserved our heritage as a Catholic school. We …
Review: Struggle, Condemnation, Vindication: John Courtney Murray's Journey toward Vatican II, Part II
… as made clear in Gaudet Mater Ecclesia , the pope’s opening address to the Council. Murray was kept out of the proceedings at the first session of Vatican II, but Cardinal Francis Spellman … I think the limits of his theological ambitions have made themselves manifest. Perhaps it is best to see Murray as a man of his times, facing a problem that was real, and which also had the …
Democratic presidential hopefuls talk immigration reform, economics at NCLR conference
… education for our young people,” he said. “I want America to be known as a country with the best educated population in the world — not the country with more people in jail than any other … students in particular earn twice as many associate and bachelor’s degrees, he said, and kept the state’s Hispanic unemployment rate to one of the lowest in the country. “Anyone can talk … hard and you do your part, you should be able to get ahead and stay ahead,” she said. “We are best when we lift each other up and leave no one behind.” According to the La Raza communications …
Arriving in Bolivia, Pope Francis insists on church's role in public life
… atop a hammer and sickle, a replica of the one fashioned from wood scraps by Espinal and kept by his bedside. Jesuit Fr. Xavier Albo, 80, who worked with Espinal and shared a room with … free rein to consumerism." The common good, he said, is moving from thinking about "what is best for me" to "what is best for everyone." It embraces everything that brings people together, "common purpose, shared …
By putting God in the driver's seat, blogging deacon found his path
… How do you pray best? … I love the Liturgy of the Hours; the psalms never fail to strike a chord. But I do my best praying, and often get the best advice and ideas, just sitting before the Blessed Sacrament and saying, "Here I am, Lord. … to become a deacon. I'd spent 40 years in the pews hearing too many boring homilies, and I kept thinking, "There's got to be a better way to do this." I think there are gifted laypeople …
NCR earns 'General Excellence' honor for 14th time in 15 years
… showing in the arts and opinion categories for national newspapers, taking first place for best editorial section and first, second and honorable mention for best editorial. Of NCR 's Opinion & Arts section, the judges said, "Bold visual presentation … Best online blog, group or association blog … Best online blog, individual blog … Best news writing originating with the paper on national event …
Thanks to NCR, my crisis became a cause
… and shame. I tried hard to be good, but nothing seemed to work. He led me to believe that I kept causing him to do sex acts on me. After going to confession on a senior retreat, I felt … that I had found my niche in life. But reading NCR that day disrupted it. On the outside, I kept doing my work, but on the inside, I experienced such a deep hurt that nothing seemed to stop … them when they said I was the only one reporting crimes by Warren. I trusted they knew best when they told me not to report anything to the police. While claiming they would, church …
Affordable Care Act struggles could continue despite Supreme Court ruling
… would have made coverage unaffordable for millions and created price spirals for those who kept their policies, many experts predicted. "Congress passed the Affordable Care Act to improve … us allows us to look at the law very carefully at which areas can be improved and what's the best way to do it." Health costs seem to be creeping up again in a system that is already the …
A whole box of tools other than a gun
… turned it on her and her son? This is what I, raised in a rural Texas where everyone I knew kept rifles to shoot coyotes and jackrabbits and snakes, know: It's hard to hit a target in such … a flamethrower. That's my protective instinct, and it is strong. My husband says I have the best theology of anyone he knows until it comes to our kids and grandkids, and then I'm all …
Allegations of sexual harassment against John Howard Yoder extend to Notre Dame
… of Yoder's time at Notre Dame, NCR reviewed numerous documents from Yoder's personal files kept in the Mennonite Church USA Archives in Goshen, Ind., recently made available to the public, … any appeals to that consensus ... or otherwise documenting its hold on our minds, is at best circular, and at worst it supports my analysis. In an earlier December 1979 letter, Yoder … in a small school serving a small church. There are issues on many levels which made it seem best to terminate my dual employment rather than trying to work them on the level of public due …
The nun and the actress behind 'Orange is the New Black'
… people to be less than God wanted them to be.” At age 79, Platte says that she has never kept track of the amount of time that she’s spent behind the walls of jails and prisons, but she … of the people there, you really fall in love them very deeply,” she says. Platte’s insight may best explain the success of the “Orange is the New Black” series. Widely praised for its …
Thank you, Gene Kennedy, for empowering laypeople
… The enlightened provincial, to the dismay of our archbishop, Thomas Kelly, agreed with us and kept his word. Over the next several years, as the magnitude of the abuse crisis set in, the … legislators. In their grassroots effort, the Voice of the Faithful was able to pass one of the best child protection laws in the country in just a single legislative session. When asked to …
Whose artificial intelligence should we be worrying about?
… and this robot violin would begin to write its own arrangements? In the meantime, it just kept playing. Over and over. Getting no better, perhaps, but making no mistakes either. Amazing, … may absorb us, but at the end of the day, it will be the alienation of ourselves from our best ideals that will most threaten our way of life and this country. [Benedictine Sr. Joan …