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Why Won’t the Church Use the G-Word?

Religious leaders from the Pope to television evangelists keep insisting that Islam is a religion of peace. We are told that Islam advocates many of the same life-sustaining rules and ideas as Christianity and Judaism. That most Muslims are peace-loving, are children of God and want the same things out

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The Real Choice for Jews? Faith or Politics – Not Both

Last month, Donald Trump's local campaign director of Jewish Outreach wrote an op-ed article in the Newton TAB titled "The Choice: Jewish Liberalism or the Jewish State." With Simchat Torah (Rejoicing of the Torah) coming up, I would like to respond by saying the real choice

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Trump: If You Like Your Religion, You Can Keep Your Religion Healey: Unless You Don’t Want To Pay for Someone Else’s Birth Control

Fifty years ago "advocates" argued that contraception should be legal even if a state legislature said it shouldn't be. Now they're arguing that it should be free and paid for by people who think it's immoral. You've come a long

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What I Learned About Ambition and Faith From A Navy SEAL Sniper

In my experience, people tend to give off a certain type of energy. Some good … some bad. It's that feeling you get when you see someone for the first time or you shake his hand. I don't know what it is for sure. Intuition? The soul?

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Where Is Father Martin’s Bridge Leading To?

One day, Paul Darrow was sitting on his couch, mocking the odd-looking nun on television. But he soon found himself joining the Catholic Church. And, despite being gay, Darrow decided to follow the teachings of the Church. That decision cost him. "People were in shock … I lost clients, I

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More Catholic Than …

"You're more Catholic than the Pope." That type of gentle needling has been part of intra-Catholic repartee for decades. It demonstrates good-humored acknowledgement that a friend takes Catholicism very seriously. Going beyond Church rules, the "more Catholic" friend is making sacrifices or acting generously

Kyle S. Reyes

Think Cops Are Racist Killers? HERE Is Why You’re Wrong.

Police are evil racist Nazi pigs. According to certain fringe groups, that is. But I'd suggest the majority of Americans are pretty sick and tired of this narrative.

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Social Media Scares Seminary Into Cancelling Priest’s Talk About Jesus

It must take courage to become a Catholic priest these days. The culture is increasingly secularized, and faith is ridiculed or under suspicion everywhere, from universities to the government. Seminaries that train future priests must prepare them for the negativity they will face.