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January 21, 2019

R. Jared Staudt: Models of Purity: St. Thomas Aquinas’s Devotion to St. Agnes

By R. Jared Staudt, Catholic Exchange - Once again, (St. Agnes’) story bears striking connections to St. Thomas. His purity was also challenged in his adolescence, though this time by his own family… His family locked him in two of their castles for two years in an effort to persuade him to abandon the Dominican Order… Getting desperate, his brothers enlisted the help of a prostitute, whom they tried to force on St. Thomas. Taking a brand from the fire, he chased her out of the room.
January 18, 2019

Robert Royal: Faith, Reason, Life

By Robert Royal, The Catholic Thing - Today’s 46th March for Life in Washington is not a Catholic thing. It’s been gratifying over the years to see the growing numbers of Evangelicals, mainstream Protestants, Jews – you gotta love the blowing of the shofar from the stage just before marchers set out – Mormons, Muslims, and others. All of whom have come to realize that killing the smallest and most vulnerable of our human kind is not humane
January 18, 2019

Saint of the Day for January 18: St. Charles of Sezze (Oct. 19, 1613-Jan. 6, 1670)

By Franciscan Media Saint Charles of Sezze’s Story – Charles thought that God was calling him to be a missionary in India, but he never got there. God […]
January 16, 2019

Joan Desmond: Why Didn’t Cardinal Wuerl Come Clean?

By Joan Desmond, National Catholic Register - Last week, U.S. Catholics learned that Cardinal Wuerl knew that his disgraced predecessor, Theodore McCarrick, had faced allegations of sexual misconduct with seminarians back in 2004... And when Cardinal Wuerl was accused of lying about his knowledge of McCarrick’s misbehavior, his spokesman argued last week that his public comments had been misunderstood: He had only denied prior knowledge of the allegations against McCarrick that involved minors.

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