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By Jay W. Richards, Ph.D., Exec. Editor of The Stream - You know that story about Jesus multiplying the fish and the loaves? The real miracle, a liberal theologian will tell you… is that when a young boy shared his lunch, he inspired thousands of others to do the same!.. In any case, the main problem with liberal theology is not that it uses bad arguments. The problem is that it’s not Christianity.

By Tod Worner, Aleteia - Autumn is a wistful time.It’s a perfect time to read the rough, the wise and the deeply nostalgic. It is a time to read Hilaire Belloc. One of my favorite Catholic thinkers, Fr. James Schall, recommends warmly settling into an oversized chair while the chill autumn wind impatiently knocks at the windows and reading Belloc’s masterpiece, The Four Men

By Michele Chronister, Catholic Exchange - October is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month. Both on my personal blog as well as on Catholic Exchange, I have shared about the experience of miscarrying my little Gabriel last year. What I didn’t fully realize before losing him was how very hidden a cross miscarriage is... I am intentionally very open about my miscarriage, but I personally know many women who aren’t comfortable talking about the loss of their little one(s).

By John Horvat II, Crisis Magazine - There are many reasons why nothing is sacred anymore. One of them is because the sacred discriminates. It excludes... In the nineteenth century, Karl Marx observed the effects of this Enlightenment mentality when he wrote about capitalism’s tendency to destroy the sacred. “All that is sacred must be profaned,” he said. In a world where nothing is sacred, he believed life would and should be entirely de-sanctified.