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Attacking life and choice

Congress is heading for a collision on the Hyde amendment, and the stakes could not be higher.
Who's your Daddy?

We have had our flirtations with Plato's theory. A century ago, Oregon passed an initiative requiring all children to attend public schools. Proponents of the measure (the Ku Klux Klan and other anti-Catholic organizations) argued that it was necessary to preserve a homogeneous American culture.
A well-ordered interior life starts with examining our internal monologue

We all have an internal monologue that shapes our view of the world and our behavior in it. Did that person really mean what they said about me? Should I have that second piece of chocolate? Does God still love me in all of my sinfulness?
World’s worst humanitarian crisis

After six years of war, “Yemen remains the world’s worst humanitarian catastrophe,” according to the International Rescue Committee.
Appreciating the gift of the Mass

Fresh from his 10-day stay in the hospital, Pope Francis dropped a Friday bombshell when he released his document restoring, and in some cases adding to, the church's restrictions on celebrating the Tridentine Mass.
What young people could most profit from hearing about marriage

Putting our human accomplishments into proper perspective can be challenging. We can be tempted, like many commencement speakers, to invert the relative order of their importance.
What a series

We have been giving interviews since our inception 10 years ago. I can say without reservation that this series is the best. It is engaging, informative, comprehensive, and far-reaching with its array of experts.
A real problem

Has the editor assumed the role of a modern-day Winston Smith, protagonist in George Orwell’s novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, stuffing inconvenient facts down the notorious “memory hole” while mindlessly repeating the “new truths?”
Humble Sentinel

On the lower half of the last page of the June 18 print edition of Catholic Sentinel is the headline announcing the paper is named diocesan newspaper of the year in the USA and Canada.
Social media detente

“You may be the best Catholic in the world and the most moral person who ever lived, but that doesn’t give you the right to treat other people with contempt.”
One all-encompassing confession

One Saturday afternoon in 1969 when I was 12, I sat waiting to go to confession in a quiet pew showered in the prismatic light emanating from the stained-glass windows of All Saints Church in Northeast Portland.
Live faith openly, leave judgment to God

I am highly flawed. I don’t have all the answers, and what I say might not apply to you. I can see, however, that there is a lot of pain in the world, both inside and outside the Catholic Church. It distresses me to see so many hurting, so I want to offer advice.
God without limits

During a recent visit I was reminded that our brothers and sisters, not surprisingly, can help us think about God in new ways.
From the archives

She couldn't stand it, could she? She could not go out in the paddy wagon, could she? Mrs. Eivers let them know she could.
Standing with those on the margins

This story happened many years ago. Some of the principal actors in this story are dead.
A healthy, holy love of country

If we fairly and justly share the nation’s wealth to end all poverty and hunger, if we tirelessly strive to eliminate environmental degradation, abortion, war and war preparation, as well as every other form of injustice suffered by humanity, we will truly become what both U.S. presidents Kennedy and Reagan called that shining city on a hilltop – which other nations will be inspired to emulate.
Time for Roe to go

I'm looking at a helpless but calm-looking baby, 16 weeks old, resting with eyes closed and one hand next to his or her face. The baby is surrounded by a thin membrane and floating next to the umbilical cord providing oxygen and nourishment.
Thank the unborn

Thanks for revealing that the fetal cell connection to the COVID-19 vaccine is not a myth by noting that cell lines from 1970s and ’80s were used in testing.
Please search for truth

Viewpoint columns in the June 4 Sentinel seem to suffer from what has been termed, “the soft bigotry of low expectations.”
Stop the generalizations

How can we reconnect in community and re-humanize our society?

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