Nuclear power: What would St. Thomas Aquinas think?
Two brothers -- one a man of science, the other a man of faith -- discuss the promise and peril of nuclear power at Dominican University.
New bishop appointed to Diocese of Rockford
Msgr. David John Malloy, a Milwaukee native, has been chosen as the 9th bishop of the Diocese of Rockford.
St. Scholastica Academy to close in June
The all-girls Roman Catholic high school on the North Side of Chicago has been in the city for nearly 150 years.
Echoes from the Rectory: A two-fer from an insightful pastor
How should you respond to a mother and child begging in the church parking lot after Mass? A Park Ridge pastor offers his advice.
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From the Portico: Reproduction, street violence and the cardinal’s priorities
(POSTED: 5/7/12) Cardinal Francis George isn't always right, that we know. But he struck a strong chord -- probably the right chord -- in the fight with the Obama administration over reproductive services and health care mandates. No matter you
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Musings in Ordinary Time: Sartain to Chicago?
(POSTED: 5/2/12) Archbishop James Peter Sartain of Seattle, formerly of Joliet, is a newsmaker. He’s pushing a petition drive for Referendum 74, which would overturn same-sex marriage in Washington. (Sartain will have to work for it: he can’t ge
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L’Osservatore Chicago: What if women broke away from the Church?
(POSTED: 4/30/12) I’ve never made any bones about it. My kids have all heard the stories over and over. My life was saved by three nuns. When I think of the Church, I think of the nuns who represented the Church to me when I was a kid. They wer
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The Working Catholic: A culture of poverty
(POSTED: 4/23/12) Poverty is not much of a topic these days. Oh yes, people talk about the recession and the difficulties of working families. And of course “addressing the plight of the middle class,” writes Mary Jo Bane in Commonweal (3/23/12),
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L’Osservatore Chicago: ‘Hello, this is the Little Angel’
(POSTED: 4/11/12) Some days I am struck by the incredible riches of the Church. It’s like this vast repository of treasures crammed with every sort of magnificence. Think of the glorious art with a Christian theme. Music inspired by the Church
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Church Reporter: Chicago rally for religious freedom
(POSTED: 4/9/12) "Today everybody's a Catholic," said an Anglican priest from the speaker's platform at the media-ignored Federal Plaza rally for religious freedom on March 23 attended by hundreds. He was the Rev. Stewart Ruch, senior pastor of the 9
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Nuclear power: What would St. Thomas Aquinas think?
(POSTED: 4/2/12) Thomas George, an engineer in the nuclear power industry, admitted he doesn’t necessarily think day-to-day about the religious aspects of his job. But with the help of his brother, a professor of theology at Dominican University
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Horizons: I was denied pastorate after critiquing new Roman Missal
(POSTED: 3/28/12) About five months ago, an Archdiocesan official asked to see me. He told me that he thought it would be a good idea for me to try to become a pastor again, that indeed I am a good pastor. I mentioned a parish that was opening up
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New bishop appointed to Diocese of Rockford
(POSTED: 3/20/12) Pope Benedict XVI announced today a new bishop to lead the Diocese of Rockford. Msgr. David John Malloy, a Milwaukee native, has been chosen as the 9th bishop of the diocese, which covers 11 counties in Northern Illinois. He will
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St. Scholastica Academy to close in June
(POSTED: 3/15/12) An all-girls Roman Catholic high school on the North Side of Chicago has announced plans to close in June after nearly 150 years in the city. St. Scholastica Academy, which is sponsored by the Benedictine Sisters of Chicago, has
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Church Reporter: ‘It’s not the President’s job’
(POSTED: 3/12/12) In dissing Sandra Fluke, the birth-control advocate who testified in a mock Congressional hearing, Rush Limbaugh gave us a new unusable word. I dare not say it but can tell you it's the s-word. If he had used “fornicator” or “
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Echoes from the Rectory: A two-fer from an insightful pastor
(POSTED: 3/7/12) As you are all aware, I am an immigrant and I became a naturalized American citizen almost seven years ago. One of the things that I am proud of as an American is the fact that freedom in our country is not an empty word or a meaning
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L’Osservatore Chicago: When the Church nearly reversed its position on birth control
(POSTED: 3/5/12) They’re playing our drama again, our Church drama, in an off-Broadway show. This time it is a revival of Bertolt Brecht’s “Galileo,” the story of the quarrel between the scientist and the Renaissance Catholic Church. We on
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Interview with a ‘demon’
(POSTED: 2/27/12) Working for Satan can be a tough job, according to Max McLean. McLean plays the devil’s right-hand man in the theatrical adaptation of C.S. Lewis’ popular novel, “The Screwtape Letters.” Taking place in hell, the story fo
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Horizons: The dangers of religion
(POSTED: 2/23/12) Letter from a Birmingham Jail Martin Luther King, Jr. Good Friday, 1963 "I have wept over the laxity of the church. But be assured that my tears have been tears of love. There can be no deep disappointment where there is not
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