Inclusion
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Thinking beyond the box
Secular culture hasn’t erased the search for meaning; it has simply changed the language believers must learn to speak.
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A lesson for Donald Trump from the Hills of Cyprus
A personal travel reflection turns political, naming leaders who treat faith as a boundary rather than a bridge between people.
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Does the Spirit speak in every heart?
Exploring how Christians can hold firm beliefs while genuinely respecting neighbors of other faiths in daily life.
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Craving certainty in an uncertain world
Pope Francis’s insistence that the Church belongs to everyone challenges legalistic approaches that quietly draw lines and exceptions.
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Theological literacy – more than a digital download
Christian theology means trained reflection on faith and practice, not memorized facts, and that skill belongs to more than clergy alone.
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Priest leaves ministry: there’s a bigger question
One columnist’s account of leaving priesthood and religious life prompts a wider look at how institutions treat those who step away.
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Mullally’s leadership teaches the Church
A reparative justice pilgrimage becomes a lens for rethinking how Catholic communities welcome neurodiverse believers into full church life.
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The bishop said “you should be ashamed of yourself”
One woman’s decades-long calling to priesthood was met with shame, silence and repeated institutional denial.
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The miracle we keep missing
Tired parents, difficult coworkers doubt and gossip can become places where holiness fits comfortably inside ordinary, unglamorous human circumstances rather than grand spectacle.
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The whole stadium feels it first
A room that listens this way learns things about itself that a closed room never could have learned.
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