Entertainment
Emi Parker

Dante Dishes on the 2012 Elections

I recently joined Twitter and have found that it’s a good way to discover and follow the work of interesting organizations, writers, and artists. Also,

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HGH and Contraception

Imagine living in a desert of burning sand. Sand so hot that any hotter it turns to glass. Now imagine that scorching drops of fire fall from the sky and the only way to escape these fiery flakes is to continue running. Now imagine that this episode lasts for all eternity.

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Columnists
Nicene Guy

Baptism and Presidential Leadership

Election-season whoppers are nothing new to politics, Presidential or otherwise. The number of exaggerations, empty-promises, false claims, and flat-out lies which make their way into

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Career
Sarah Babbs

Open Hands, Empty or Full

“There”s nothing harder than learning how to receive.” -Over the Rhine When we started out as newly marrieds, learning NFP, we didn”t know anyone else

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Family
Bonnie Engstrom

For Pete’s Sake

Our first child was lost to miscarriage.  He was too young to know his gender but my husband felt confident that he was a boy

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Columnists
Elizabeth Hoxie

Family Needs Prayers

Adam McArthur is a husband, a father, and a faithful Catholic.  He was diagnosed with a rare form of brain cancer which has been rated

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Bioethics
Leah Jacobson

Embryo Adoption: Is it OK?

The short answer to the very complex question posed in the title of this article is this: We actually don’t know, yet. That is to

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Politics
Colin Gormley

Politictitus

Picture H/T Mark Shea Who here is sick of politics?  Can I see a show of hands?  Unanimous?  I thought so. One of the nice

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Politics
Jason Hall

The Cure for Election Fever

As of this writing, no deaths have been reported. No one has been hospitalized. However, many (myself included) have experienced various common symptoms due to

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Catholic Education
Kristin Detloff

Called to Love

There are a number of states where marriage is on the ballot this fall.  Some states seek to clarify the definition of marriage by adding

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Life
Mariella Hunt

Talents and Trust

These are notes from my prayer journal that I wrote on 8/22/12. I was struggling with the feeling that I haven’t achieved enough in life. I think we all go through that phase–it’s an on-and-off thing. I felt like they needed to be shared. It isn’t worth losing yourself and wringing out your soul for the sake of worldly praise. Sometimes, though, it’s very tempting to think so.

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Columnists
Mary C. Tillotson

how a woman can win

“New research shows that The Pill reduces lubrication, arousal, and a woman”s ability to orgasm, thus lending credence to my theory that a lot of

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Life
Amanda Sloan

Thanks be to God

This summer I was at Mass on my birthday and before the lector began reading the first reading Father got up and said, “I just

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Columnists
Elizabeth Hoxie

The Other Cafeteria Catholic

If you travel in Catholic circles for long enough, you’ll encounter those people at some point. You know, the aunt who only goes to Mass on

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Career
Fabiola Garza

The Flowers of Surrender

As some of you know St. Therese’s Feast day is today. St. Therese, known as the Little Flower was known for a simple life lived

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Women's Issues
J.R. Baldwin

Proverbs 31: Woman of Action

There is a great fear among women that we are being under-appreciated. It’s not that we women want all the power; we just want credit

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Politics
Joseph Koss

Hacking the Catholic Vote

Before you click away to Pinterest or Facebook because you just can’t handle another anything political, give this post a chance. Give it a chance

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