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Month: March 2020

Elon Musk: Happy Totalitarian

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You may have caught wind of the latest attempt by Elon Musk to improve upon our human lot, this time by wiring our brains into computers through implanted chips connected to ultrathin threads lacing our brain (hence, the name “neuralace”). If you can’t decipher his white paper, then catch his popular presentation on YouTube. The […]

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Called to Divide, Not ‘Dialogue’

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“Dialogue is our method… The path ahead, then, is dialogue among yourselves, dialogue in your presbyterates, dialogue with lay persons, dialogue with families, dialogue with society. I cannot ever tire of encouraging you to dialogue fearlessly.” —Pope Francis, Address to the U.S. Bishops, September 23, 2015 In the halls of Catholic chanceries around the world, […]

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Expert: No system ‘will ever be perfect’ but Church abuse prevention is improving

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According to one of the lay members of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors, it would be “naïve” to think that every case of abuse can be prevented, though much can be done to greatly reduce the number of cases and stop repeat offenders.

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Why the Vatican abuse investigation team is going to Mexico

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The Vatican’s announcement that it is sending an investigative commission to Mexico later in March to look into cases of clergy sex abuse could become a turning point in the country that’s home to the second largest number of Catholics in the world.

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Be Willing to Cry Out to God, “Lord, the One We Love Is Lost!”

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Be Willing to Cry Out to God, “Lord, the One We Love Is Lost!”Editor’s note: This article is adapted from a chapter in Maggie Green’s book, The Saint Monica Club, a book for parents whose children have left the faith. We also recommend the article “I Still Have Hope That Christ Will Bring My Kids Back to the Faith” here on CE. Saint Monica’s faith converted both her […]

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We Can Have Hope in Hardship

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We Can Have Hope in HardshipImagine: you are ten years past customary retirement age.  It’s time finally to kick back and relax.  You live in a great city where everything is at your fingertips – shopping opportunities, cultural events, all your relatives and lifelong friends.  Suddenly God appears and tells you to pack up, uproot your life, and march into an uncivilized wilderness. […]

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There is No Glory Without Suffering

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In the readings for the Second Sunday of Lent, Jesus takes His closest friends up a mountain to pray, an action packed with meaning for Jews. Why? Gospel (Read Mt 17:1-9) The meaning of today’s Gospel reading is greatly enriched if we understand the context in which it appears, both within Matthew’s Gospel and the larger […]

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