Channel Surfing
Christopher Heffron
July 24, 2017
Good Bones It wouldn't be unfair to credit Fixer Upper for reinventing the home renovation genre. The hit series, hosted by Chip and Joanna Gaines, has become an omnipresent force on the network and with good reason. Their hilarious chemistry ...
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Reel Time
Rose Pacatte, FSP
July 24, 2017
Wonder Woman Diana (Gal Gadot), a princess and demigod of the Amazon race of women, was created by Zeus from clay to protect humanity. The women live on an island hidden from the rest of time and creation. Diana's mother, ...
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Where Are Bold Catholic Leaders?
Pat McCloskey, OFM
July 24, 2017
Pope Francis is the best thing that has happened to the Catholic Church since St. John XXIII. I know there are lots of dedicated priests, religious, and laypeople working on the front lines with refugees, the poor, the elderly, single ...
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Purgatory Seems Unnecessary
Pat McCloskey, OFM
July 24, 2017
As Catholics, we believe that faith and works are needed to get to heaven. If Jesus died for our sins, why is purgatory needed? Didn't he already repair what was needed? Catholics don't regard faith and works as though they ...
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Which Party Reflects Catholic Teaching?
Pat McCloskey, OFM
July 24, 2017
Although I was raised Catholic and attend Sunday Mass regularly, in recent years I am finding the Church's position, or perhaps its silence, on many political issues disturbing. I understand pro-life concerns, but I don't understand why the only pro-life ...
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Editor’s Minute
John Feister
July 24, 2017
"It's quirky; " "it will touch people's hearts, " or "it's too eccentric; " "it's the Catholic imagination at work. " Those are just some of the reactions our editors had, over the years, to the late writer, editor, and ...
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