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Not like other girls
A lot of us know the feeling. We’ve had it since girlhood, and for many of us, it’s never gone away. Not like other girls. I wasn’t a so-called “tomboy” as a girl, and as I’ve […]
Articles by Amy Welborn
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Opinion: “Go out to the world”—seriously, go out!
It’s time to get back to Mass! Really? Why? The calls, framed with just a bit of anxiety, are beginning to come, aren’t they? This is Cardinal Dolan’s, but perhaps you’ve seen them in your own part […]
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The foundational (but largely ignored) problem with the Equality Act
Cardinal Timothy Dolan recently published an opinion piece in Public Discourse about the Equality Act, legislation passed by the House of Representatives on February 25, the topic of a Senate Judiciary hearing on March 17, […]
General
Medium, Message, Meaning
Over the past half-decade or so, blogs – which along with discussion boards of various types, had long provided the main venues for conversation and expression on the Internet – have been thoroughly usurped by […]
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Opinion: All are (maybe) welcome
So my oldest landed in his former town of Atlanta this morning and tried to go to Mass. Good luck with that. No entrance without a ticket, and even then you had to be there […]
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A time to distinguish between false hopes and true hope
From today’s Gospel reading for Mass: I have told you all this that your faith may not be shaken. They will expel you from the synagogues, and indeed the hour is coming when anyone who […]
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Accompaniment in the “here we are” moment
“At this very moment,” he said, “the men you imprisoned are in the Temple. They are standing there preaching to the people.” This, from today’s first reading at Mass, struck me as quite appropriate for […]
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Mass is not cancelled
Like many of you, our Sunday morning was spent, not in a pew, but in our living room, watching Mass on television. For a few hours on Saturday, it looked as though we might be […]
Essay
The Reality of Sex and the Lie of “Gender Self-Identity”
Dress however you please. Call yourself whatever you like. Sleep with any consenting adult who’ll have you. Live your best life in peace and security. But force women out of their jobs for stating that […]
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Shocked, shocked! On Catholics and belief in the Real Presence
“Each time the Mass is offered, the fruits of our Redemption are poured anew upon our souls. By uniting ourselves with the sacred rite of the Mass, and above all by receiving Holy Communion, we […]