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The Cross reveals the true identity of Jesus Christ
On the Readings for Sunday, September 16, 2018 […]
Resurrection
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“The Truth of the Resurrection” by Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger
Editor’s note: The following excerpt is from Introduction to Christianity (2nd edition) by Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger (Ignatius Press, 1990, 2004; pp. 301-10). ——— To the Christian, faith in the Resurrection of Jesus Christ is an expression […]
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Chronological snobbery and the empty tomb
On the readings for Easter Sunday, The Resurrection of the Lord, April 1, 2018 […]
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Good Friday, Death, and Christian Life
Mary weeps at the foot of the cross, and we weep with her. But we also must not stop there. For beyond the cross of […]
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On resurrection, abortion, and judgment
Editor’s note: The following essay was originally posted on April 9, 2012; it is reposted here in recognition of the Day of Prayer for the Legal Protection of Unborn Children. “On the morning of the […]
Columns
The Paschal Mystery proclaimed in creation
My last column delved into the Church’s belief that each creature—even those we find irritating or inconsequential—mirrors the beauty of the divine Logos in our world. Yet, even as every feature of the cosmos reflects […]
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The Holy Cross is an invitation to faith, to life, to love
On the Readings for Saturday, September 14th, the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross […]
News Briefs
Shroud of Turin gets ‘true crime’ treatment in science-driven documentary
Filmmaker Robert Orlando, standing before a negative image of the Shroud of Turin, says he was prompted to investigate the purported burial cloth of Jesus in part because of a search to answer "big questions" about life and faith follo… […]
News Briefs
What is incorruptibility? Here’s what you need to know
A man places his hands on the glass urn holding the remains of St. Pio in San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy, in 2016. St. Pio was found to be in a state of partial deterioration and partial preservation when his coffin was opened in 2008, but experts … […]
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Can we simply drop the Ascension story?
The Ascension of Jesus Christ, related in the Gospels of Mark and Luke and referred to throughout the New Testament, can be taken as something of an awkward anecdote in the Catholic canon. “And when […]