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Handling Post-Abortion Guilt

Pat McCloskey, OFM November 8, 2025

I have had two abortions. My friend at work told me that the Catholic faith can help me with the massive guilt that I feel. Please tell me how.

Thanks for writing. You are not alone in realizing that an abortion has lingering psychological effects for many people — mostly women but also for men. God gives life to born and unborn humans.

The best-known Catholic group offering help to people in your situation may be Project Rachel, founded in 1984 by Vickie Thorn, a Milwaukee wife and mother who reached out to a friend who had an abortion.

Nurturing a Franciscan Spirituality

Pat McCloskey, OFM November 8, 2025

I need some practical advice for how to live and grow in Franciscan spirituality as a layperson. Because I am not close to a Secular Franciscan group, I need to do this on my own.

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God Is Always Good

Richard Rohr, OFM November 8, 2025

The Jesuit poet Gerard Manley Hopkins crystallized so beautifully the effect that John Duns Scotus’ teaching has on mystical minds: Yet ah! this air I

Seek the Quiet

Susan Hines-Brigger November 7, 2025

Find a quiet place to go and sit—even if it’s just for a few minutes. If you can’t get away, try to watch a video or listen to a recording of some soothing nature sounds for a few minutes.

Is Agnosticism a Sin?

Pat McCloskey, OFM November 7, 2025

I know that being an atheist is looked down upon, but I want to know if being an agnostic is a sin.

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Pray the Words of St. Francis

Franciscan Media November 7, 2025

One of my favorite authors is the great Hoosier science fiction writer, Kurt Vonnegut. A theme he often plays with in many of his novels

Learning From Our Sins

Albert Haase, OFM November 6, 2025

Our attempts to make up for deficiencies from our childhoods lead to our recurring sins. By the Holy Spirit’s gifts of insight and understanding, we can begin the process of being freed from our slavery to sin.

Why Does God Make the Devil So Powerful?

Pat McCloskey, OFM November 6, 2025

If God created the angel Lucifer, who failed God through pride, why didn’t God simply dump him in hell instead of allowing him to torment and wreck so many human lives? Isn’t God more powerful than Satan?

I have heard this explained in terms of free will. When did that theory begin? It seems that our all-knowing and all-powerful God has been shoved aside. What am I missing here?