Lent with Padre Pio: Easter Sunday
As we celebrate Sunday, let us remember to move forward in the spirit of Padre Pio—caring for and serving others so that they may come to know Christ.
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Franciscan Inspirations: We Are Children of God
We are here because of our unique history. And change, no matter how remote, alters everything. If our parents had not come together, we would not be.
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Lessons from St. Francis
Once, many eight decades ago now, when I felt lost and confused in my burgeoning adolescence, Jesus gave me St. Francis as my brother and friend.
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Hey, Mom and Dad…Slow Down!
The other day I was driving to work when I got caught in a massive traffic jam courtesy of a construction project.
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Pope Francis: Fix the Clergy Sex-Abuse Crisis Now
Dear Pope Francis: I write about how the Catholic Church responds to clerical sexual abuse and the bishops or superiors who have enabled it.
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A Reflection on Planet Earth
In an era when people form and reinforce their opinions entirely within a chosen bubble of like minds, any earnest quest for truth seems almost quaint. How did truth become so passé?
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St. Clare of Assisi: A Little Plant or a Mighty Oak?
East of the Piazza del Commune in Assisi, stands the Cathedral of San Rufino. Near the church and its adjacent piazza once stood the home of the nobleman and knight, Favarone Offreduccio and his wife, Ortulana.
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