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Daily Mass Reading Podcast For September 4, 2023

Daily Mass Reading Podcast For September 4, 2023 by USCCB/NAB

Daily Mass Reading Podcast For September 3, 2023

Daily Mass Reading Podcast For September 3, 2023 by USCCB/NAB

Daily Mass Reading Podcast For September 2, 2023

Daily Mass Reading Podcast For September 2, 2023 by USCCB/NAB

Daily Mass Reading Podcast For September 1, 2023

Daily Mass Reading Podcast For September 1, 2023 by USCCB/NAB

To Cure or Not to Cure: Difference or Disability?

Mark Bradford

Mom with a little boy with Down syndrome

With new autism research, some ask whether disabling conditions are natural human differences, or should efforts be made to “cure” them?

Excess of Sorrow Laughs: Megan Rapinoe’s Miss

Dr. Christopher Kaczor

Megan Rapinoe's shamed walk

We can and should allow people, even those who we may consider to be gravely mistaken about matters of public importance, to be human.

Counterfeit Social Justice Fails the Sincerity Test 

Dr. Matthew Petrusek

A prudent response to any so-called social justice initiative demanding you make sacrifices on the altar of their pet cause should always be: You first.

Thoughts on World Youth Day in Lisbon

Bishop Robert Barron

Thoughts on WYD

My experience at World Youth Day in Lisbon was my fourth at this unique gathering, but the most memorable, exhilarating, and full of grace.

Mentors on the Road Toward Vocation

Dr. Christopher Kaczor

Two silhouettes walking toward the sunset

You cannot excel in sports without good coaches, and you cannot have an intellectual life fulfilling your vocation without good mentors.

O’Connor as (Hillbilly) Thomist

Fr. Damian Ference

Flannery O'Connor with a painting of herself

This article highlights an excerpt from Chapter One of "Understanding the Hillbilly Thomist" (Word on Fire Publishing) by Fr. Damian Ference.