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New Resources     How to Put Out into the Deep - Father Jacques Philippe - from Searching for and Maintaining Peace: A Small Treatise on Peace of Heart  We would like to come back...to this affirmation of the Bible, which is ultimately surprising, that God leaves us wanting for nothing.     Signs from God in the Life of an African Child - Robert Cardinal Sarah - chapter one from God or Nothing: A Conversation on Faith  "I have read God or Nothing with great spiritual profit, joy, and gratitude." - Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI     The Benefits of Belief - Peter Kreeft - Prager University  Even if you don't believe in God, do you wish you did?     Is Catechesis Possible in a Narcissistic Age? - Jonathan B. Coe - Crisis Magazine  It's not an exaggeration to assert that many American Catholics have been colonized by the Therapeutic.     Law & Order - David Warren - The Catholic Thing  We don't know, and can't know, what is going on.     Assisted Suicide's Dangerous Illusion of Control - Dr. Will Johnston - Calgary Herald  The daughters are beside themselves.     Izaak Walton's "The Compleat Angler": An Introduction to Liberal Arts. - Mitchell A. Kalpakgian - Crisis Magazine  As a form of play, leisure, and contemplation the art of angling teaches the art of living, the ability of being at peace with one's self, with one's neighbor, with one's environment, and with God.     Sprezzatura - Father George W. Rutler - From the Pastor  The maxim that the greatest art is to have no art means that the aim of an accomplishment is to give the impression of effortlessness.

Editorials of Interest: Pope Francis' message in Armenia: turn memory into reconciliation - Aleteia Translating the papal in-flight presser: Brexit, Pope Emeritus, "genocide," gay apologies - Aleteia Pope Invites 6000 Homeless People to a Retreat in Rome This Fall - Aleteia Deep fears about modernity lie behind the unravelling of the Pan-Orthodox Council - Catholic Herald How to make a consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary - Aleteia Instruction, not insults - Catholic World Report The great majority of Christian marriages are valid - Canon Law Blog What Francis forgets about marriage - First Things A Contemplative Christian Response to Orlando - Aleteia Warning Signs in Orlando - Catholic World Report Body shaming: it's about more than shape - Mercatornet How Can Gay Rights And Religious Liberty Coexist? With Free Association - The Federalist Six Ways to Avoid Being a "Stealth" Catholic - Integrated Catholic Life The Other Campus Free-Speech Problem No One's Talking About - The Federalist Thomas Aquinas and the art of making a public argument - Word on Fire True Fasting Is Constant Hunger - NC Register For All Fathers - The Catholic Thing

Editorials of Interest Pope Francis' message in Armenia: turn memory into reconciliation - Aleteia "Charity alone can heal memories and bind up past wounds." Translating the papal in-flight presser: Brexit, Pope Emeritus, "genocide," gay apologies - Aleteia Pope Francis offers constructive words to EU, decries turning blind eye to evil, offers strong praise of Benedict XVI and explains his thoughts on apologies. Pope Invites 6000 Homeless People to a Retreat in Rome This Fall - Aleteia From November 11-13, 6000 homeless people from all over Europe will arrive in Rome for a three-day retreat during the European Festival of Joy and Mercy. Why Did This 70-Year-Old Couple Sell Their Home to Come to Rome? - Aleteia The incredible story of one Australian couple's journey, the risk they took, and the wisdom they gained. Deep fears about modernity lie behind the unravelling of the Pan-Orthodox Council - Catholic Herald For the Orthodox Churches ecumenism is the great divider: for some a good and necessary thing, for others, the thin end of the wedge, leading to a collapse of tradition. How to make a consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary - Aleteia Pope Francis recommends the practice — here are some great resources to help you get started. Instruction, not insults - Catholic World Report How many priests actually deny a child baptism solely because the mother is not married in the Church? The great majority of Christian marriages are valid - Canon Law Blog To assert that "the great majority of our sacramental marriages are null" is really to claim that the great majority of Christians have failed to enter the most natural of human states and have failed to effect between themselves the exact sacrament that Christ instituted to assist them in it. What Francis forgets about marriage - First Things Francis's assertion that "the great majority of our sacramental marriages are null" shocked both common sense and Catholic sensibility. A Contemplative Christian Response to Orlando - Aleteia What is a Christian to do in the face of increasing extremism and violence? Warning Signs in Orlando - Catholic World Report There were numerous signs that Omar Mateen might turn jihadist. There is plenty of evidence he acted upon radical Islamist beliefs. But we're told by President Obama and others to ignore all of it. Body shaming: it's about more than shape - Mercatornet Certain advertising images exploit something more fundamental to women's dignity than their shape; they objectify and debase women as such. How Can Gay Rights And Religious Liberty Coexist? With Free Association - The Federalist The issue at stake is whether the harm of violating First Amendment rights is greater than the harm to a person's dignity when he is refused service due to sexual orientation or lifestyle choices. Translating the papal in-flight presser: Brexit, Pope Emeritus, "genocide," gay apologies - Aleteia Pope Francis offers constructive words to EU, decries turning blind eye to evil, offers strong praise of Benedict XVI and explains his thoughts on apologies. Six Ways to Avoid Being a "Stealth" Catholic - Integrated Catholic Life The "split between the faith which many profess and their daily lives deserves to be counted among the more serious errors of our age." The Other Campus Free-Speech Problem No One's Talking About - The Federalist Secularist progressivism claims to champion diversity, but its activists today do not tolerate genuine diversity, including and especially in the realm of ideas. Thomas Aquinas and the art of making a public argument - Word on Fire The quaestio disputata (disputed question), which was a lively, sometimes raucous, and very public intellectual exchange. True Fasting Is Constant Hunger - NC Register Understanding why Muslims take fasting so seriously can help us recover our own roots of this ascetical practice — and reconnect to the ancient Christian Desert Fathers who perfected not only fasting but prayer and penance. For All Fathers - The Catholic Thing It is precisely in the family that most of us learn how to love. Blessed John Henry Cardinal Newman and St. Justin Martyr, pray for us