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Denying Power Of Sex Dangerous
A recent article in the Vancouver Province strongly attacked its province’s government for refusing to provide funding for the distribution of an educational video on sex. The government had refused
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Yuppie Excellence Lacks Depth
A new word recently entered the English vocabulary – yuppies. The term may not sound very serious, but the reality it connotes and describes is one of the significant social
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Fear Of Tenderness Stifles Soul
“The person who will not have a softening of the heart will eventually have a softening of the brain!” That warning, issued by G.K. Chesterton more than a half century
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It’s Easy To Sacrifice Others
“It is better that one man should die for the people.” Why does that line have so haunting a sound? Why does it sound like the refrain of a litany?
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We Can’t Turn Away From Politics
For many of us, politics is a dirty word. It speaks of dishonesty, misused power, patronage, self -interest, pressure groups, propaganda, and ideology. Phrases such as “an honest politician” or
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Church’s Rebirth Followed Pain
“God, what’s it all coming to? Sometimes I wonder where the world and the church are going! Who would have ever thought it would turn out this way? Whatever happened
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Listening To Different Voices
I am particularly fond of biography. Stories of people’s lives, save for the cheaper accounts of the lives of the rich and famous, are a special kind of literature. A
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Being Normal Is Not Our Goal
In a recent interview in the National Catholic Reporter, Richard McBrien suggests that the Roman Catholic Church ought to change its law regarding priestly celibacy. His argument is as straightforward
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Easter Should Be An Eye Opener
Easter is mostly about waking up. It’s Easter when God and spring susurrate through the veins of nature giving frozen earth and frozen hearts a wake-up call. That call is
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Cross Symbolizes Hope For Al
The passion and death of Christ is a timeless mystery, throwing redemption backwards and forwards in time. It is timeless, too, in that it is ongoing. It is still being