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Bishop Erik Varden continued leading the Vatican’s Lenten spiritual exercises on Feb. 26 with meditations on angels, trust in God, and St. Bernard of Clairvaux’s path from lofty ideals to what Varden described as a realism grounded in mercy. In his eighth meditation of the retreat, Varden recalled Christ’s temptation in the desert, when the…
A group of bishops from the Texas-Mexico border region, informally known as the “Tex-Mex bishops,” met in El Paso, Texas, on Friday to discuss immigration and its effects on both the U.S. and Mexico as well as recent drug cartel-related violence in Mexico. The meeting of the Tex-Mex bishops is now “the longest-running international gathering…
One hundred and fifty years ago, on March 2, 1876, Eugenio Pacelli was born in Rome—the future Pope Pius XII (1939–1958). On this significant anniversary, we turn our attention to a lesser-known but profoundly revealing facet of his character: the intense, cultured, and spiritual bond he shared with music. Eugenio’s love for music emerged early….
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When my wife and I were young parents trying to survive the days of toddlerdom, we made a gross misstep. We had YouTube on the TV, and our kids discovered a channel called “Ryan ToysReview” which was essentially a three-year-old boy named Ryan “unboxing” and playing with toys on camera. I felt instant revulsion at…
I invite the reader to Google my name. There is a strong possibility that you have encountered my photograph at some point, as it has become part of the visual shorthand for white supremacy in contemporary America. That image was taken when I was 20 years old, nearly 21. I am now 29. Despite the…
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