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Father Eugene Hemrick, Catholic News Service

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After 40 years as a columnist, the itch to continue writing...

The U.S. Catholic Conference of the Bishops has decided to close the U.S. operations of Catholic News Service. As a CNS columnist of 40 years,...

Justice is about the community, the social whole in which life...

Tributes to justice abound on Capitol Hill in Washington. On the east side of the Supreme Court, Moses, Solon the great lawmaker and Confucius...

Too much bad news whirling around? God-given reason enables us to...

Are the daily news and events depressing you? Does your day start and end in gloom? If so, perhaps you need to examine your...

We should think about our worldview to keep mentally and spiritually...

Do you possess a worldview? If so, what is it? The German word "Weltanschauung" means worldview. On its importance, Wilhelm Dilthey (1833-1911), a professor at...

Could bizarreness emanating from social media be rooted in irresponsibility? —...

What is propelling outlandish public statements that are becoming increasingly common today? Could it be they have become a new means for getting media attention...

Questions keep us from slipping off the idealogical edges : Father...

"A prudent question is one-half wisdom." This insight by English philosopher Francis Bacon possesses a fundamental principle for coping with today's disquiet: to use...

A note of thanks to first responders, police and the National...

What is it about service that touches us so deeply? During the Washington lockdown before the inauguration, I talked with U.S. Capitol and Supreme Court...

In times of violence, we need to return to God’s law...

Looking outside from my apartment, my stomach sickened. Additional fencing encircling government buildings at the corner had been added to reinforce uplifted car barriers. I...

Perhaps guilt trips remind us to not lose perspective this time...

I usually look unfavorably at anyone who lays guilt trips on me that are a form of covert force that goes against the grain...

Step away from the media blitz to maintain mental balance: Father...

As I paged through the news on my computer, I realized I had run through a hundred postings within an hour that touched on...

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