Racism: A Challenge to the Church By Dr. Anneliese Sinnott, O.P.

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What if each parish took on the task of “dismantling racism” in its members and its neighborhoods? There is much work to be done to raise the rights of all Catholics to both belong and to include.

God’s Grace: Free for All By Amy Nicholson

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I think of God’s extravagance as a blessing for the poor. I hear a song about Jesus rescuing someone from the pit of despair, and I think about the many who had an epiphany, recovered from an extreme crisis like addiction or depression, and went on to bless so many others . . .

Gifts Abound By Bob Meade

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Christmas is a time to remember the abundance of gifts we experience daily.

Editorial: Passing the Test of Justice: On the Coup in Bolivia

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If we truly seek conversion of hearts, it will not come about by coercion, force, or repression of others’ beliefs, but rather by modeling—or at least attempting to model—a Christlike humility that encounters each person as one for whom God poured out his life.

What a Strange Religion We Profess! By Ed Burns

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This is precisely what we are asked to believe in: a God who is vulnerable, a Savior who empties himself of power and dies on a cross, a Spirit who fashions a people called to risk their lives and reputations for the sake of the hungry, the poor, the helpless, and the hopeless. What a strange religion we profess!

Breaking Free: A Review by Chris Byrd

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A stirring, revelatory film on the life of abolitionist Harriet Tubman.

Of Grief and Healing: A Review by Robert Kent

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Rabbi Stephen A. Karol speaks from the basis of his personal faith to offer thoughts on death, grief, and mourning.

The Spiritual and Communal Menace of Technology By J. Milburn Thompson

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The smartphone in your pocket is a technological wonder that gives you access to incredible amounts of information. Information, however, is neither knowledge nor wisdom.

A Christmas Peace by Gene Ciarlo

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Even agnostics and atheists are touched, perhaps unawares, by the more profound Christian themes of Christmas. It is the season of giving. It is closer to heart than head, closer to “us” than simply “me” in isolation.

The Keepers of the Gifts By Claudette Burque

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Researching our ancestry allowed us to remember and to model the love of the Holy Family, with their ever-present example of intimacy, communication, and mutual trust.