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Looking for signs and Nineveh — Effie Caldarola

As a small child, I was a bit of a religious nerd. I'm not sure why, but I was the oldest child, the only daughter,...

Looking for a resolution that promotes the sanctity of life? Catholic...

The Archdiocese of Chicago announced on Dec. 17 that its nearly 400 parishes, schools, cemeteries and offices will switch to 100% renewable energy for...

In the darkest nights of our year it seems wonderful that...

Christina Rosetti’s poem, In the Bleak Midwinter, is a Christmas classic. “In the bleak midwinter, frosty wind made moan, Earth stood hard as iron, water...

See Putin and Prigozhin for what they are, but trust God...

Every news channel showed the crash over and over again until I could see the horrifying image in my sleep. The only problem was,...

How a vanity license plate unexpectedly helped me feel forgiveness —...

When my son was in sixth grade, he was standing with some buddies at dismissal time at our parish Catholic school. It was a...

‘Becoming our parents’ and being friendly helps us see the Christ...

As my mom grew older, she became less mobile. When we'd visit the mall she wouldn't walk to the parking lot; we'd find a...

Summer reading: ‘Fever in the Heartland’ takes us to a part...

Dr. Schleich, a history professor at the Jesuit university where I was a student decades ago, was launching our world history survey class. It was...

Centering prayer can take you to a place of mystery to...

For me, there is almost nothing as relaxing as reading a good British mystery. The murder mystery genre belongs to the Brits, from Agatha Christie...

Mass killings due to lack of gun safety laws are the...

If you look at the view from the window of the Mandalay Bay hotel room in Las Vegas, you realize that from that distance...

In Reconciliation, we find that God loves us unconditionally and is...

A young relative is making his first Holy Communion this year. But "First Reconciliation" came before that. There were too many kids in his class...

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