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      Cardinal Mindszenty and Pius XII: A Lost Tale for All Seasons

      (A fitting time in this Pentecost to recall with contributor Joseph Donnelly the all-too-forgotten József Cardinal Mindszenty, the 50th anniversary of whose death in...

      Transgender In-sanity

      There is an ancient Indian fable of six blind men who meet an elephant. Each of them touches different parts of the elephant. One...

      Apologetics 101, part 3: Must God Be Good?

      Recently, Catholic Insight posted a thoughtful note from Carl Sundell on the essential questions we should be prepared to answer about our faith. This list...

      The Repentance and Return of Saint Peter

      In a previous essay I dealt with the stages in St. Peter's fall from grace. In this essay, I would like to examine his...

      Pope Benedict and Saint Boniface

      BENEDICT XVI GENERAL AUDIENCE Saint Peter's Square Wednesday, 11 March 2009 Saint Boniface, the Apostle of the Germans Dear Brothers and Sisters, Today, we shall reflect on a great eighth-century...

      Now Is the Time to be a Saint: Facing Antisemitism in the Church

      Those who do not know the past are condemned to repeat it. - George Santayana This, more than anything else, is what I have realized...

      Apologetics 101.2: The Scandal of Evil

      Recently, Catholic Insight posted a thoughtful note from Carl Sundell on the essential questions we should be prepared to answer about our faith. This list...

      The Ascension of our Lord

      Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking up toward heaven? This Jesus, who has been taken up from you into heaven, will come...

      Where Has Shame Fled?

      ā€œIf I am a sinner and deny sin, there is no forgiveness.Ā  The denial of sin is the unforgivable sin.ā€ Archbishop Fulton Sheen Once upon...
      Pope St. John Paul II

      Pope John Paul II and the Visitation

      (Here is Pope Saint John Paul II's first homily for the feast of the Visitation, to close off his first Marian month as Pope,...