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The history of our Catholic faith that has spanned nearly 2,000 years is an unending story of the loving Providence

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Holy Week In Corsica The Mediterranean island of Corsica is a culturally unique place with a largely French modern history

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A language develops in mysterious ways. How it emerges from grunts and groans to the highly complex and intricate web

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RESTORING THE SACRED . . . The Reality Of The

The Lenten season comes each year as a veritable retreat for the Church throughout the world, a particularly “acceptable time”

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A Bishop Ahead Of His Time

Archbishop John Aloysius Murphy (1905–1995), whose life, like that of St. John Henry Newman (1801–1890), spanned the better part of

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A Leaven In The World . . . Rest In Peace, Noelia

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Fr. KEVIN CUSICK

In the midst of the Easter Season, with the Resurrection of the Lord at the center of our prayer and worship, we mourn the increasing tide of the cult of death. Faith in the risen Lord makes possible the transformation of suffering from a scandal into something redemptive. And yet His word of hope and grace have not yet reached all of mankind. Too many still suffer in the darkness of unbelief. Human life at all stages is increasingly at risk around the world. War and disease have always ravaged populations. Now man has invented a new means of killing: turning those who should preserve and defend human life into agents of death. Abortion laws increasingly gain traction in many countries, threatening the child in the womb. Some add legal protection for those who would kill a child outside the womb should he survive an abortion up to the point of birth. Add to these laws legalization of “euthanasia” of the elderly. Advanced age and

RESTORING THE SACRED

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Holy Week In Corsica The Mediterranean island of Corsica is a culturally unique place with a largely French modern history but with a considerable Italian past. Its Holy Week customs are deeply rooted in the Italian phase of its history, yet they have taken on a distinctly Corsican character all its own. The fashioning of palm branches into a variety of artistic creations is a prevalent custom for Palm Sunday across Corsica. The finest examples, the pullezulle, are made by braiding the palms to construct depictions of religious symbols ranging from the cross and the fish to hearts and roses. The most elaborate pullezulle take the form of miniature churches. In the past, it was customary to make a special pullezulle for use on Good Friday as an adornment for the top of processional crosses, with the work of making this decoration beginning on Monday of Holy Week. On Wednesday of Holy Week, the erection in the churches of extraordinary Passion-themed shrines begins, enclosures traditionally

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By JAMES MONTI , Latest

RESTORING THE SACRED . . . Glimpses Of Catholic Life

The history of our Catholic faith that has spanned nearly 2,000 years is an unending story of the loving Providence

By JAMES MONTI , Latest

RESTORING THE SACRED

Holy Week In Corsica The Mediterranean island of Corsica is a culturally unique place with a largely French modern history

By DONALD DEMARCO , Latest

Ethics And Language

A language develops in mysterious ways. How it emerges from grunts and groans to the highly complex and intricate web

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RESTORING THE SACRED . . . The Reality Of The

The Lenten season comes each year as a veritable retreat for the Church throughout the world, a particularly “acceptable time”

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A Bishop Ahead Of His Time

Archbishop John Aloysius Murphy (1905–1995), whose life, like that of St. John Henry Newman (1801–1890), spanned the better part of

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RESTORING THE SACRED . . . Glimpses Of Catholic Life From The 1950s

The history of our Catholic faith that has spanned nearly 2,000 years is an unending story of the loving Providence of

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On Giving, Getting, And Government

The Washington Post, now known as the “Bezos Blog,” recently ran an interesting headline: “Retirees receive six times more in federal

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A Leaven In The World . . . Rest In Peace, Noelia

In the midst of the Easter Season, with the Resurrection of the Lord at the center of our prayer and worship,

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RESTORING THE SACRED

Holy Week In Corsica The Mediterranean island of Corsica is a culturally unique place with a largely French modern history but

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‘Hey, So What? That’s Old News!’

That was the slogan of Bill Clinton’s ace defender James Carville when one after another of the rapist’s crimes came across

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Ethics And Language

A language develops in mysterious ways. How it emerges from grunts and groans to the highly complex and intricate web of

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Catholic Replies

Question. If I dream that I killed someone, would God consider that a sin? — J.B., Pa. Answer. No, we are

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A Leaven In The World . . . Exorcists Spreading Dangerous Private Revelation

Of the many aberrations spawned in the instability and confusion of the post–Vatican II era, the promotion of private revelation has

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The Plight Of The Illegal Immigrant

The immigration debate that rages in the United States and Western Europe today focuses on the impact of immigrants, both legal

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A Leaven In The World . . . Don’t Get Distracted From The Real War

The Catholic commentariat, in the wake of the opening salvos of the war in Iran, has, if you’ll forgive the pun,

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By RAYMOND DESOUZA

We Know There Is A God From The Beautiful Laws Of Nature

By RAYMOND DE SOUZA You must have noticed that there are plenty of laws in Nature: in physics, chemistry, biology, mathematics, algebra, geometry, etc. Scientists did not invent the laws of nature, they just discover them. Even the smallest speck of dust, is, in all its movements and changes, subject to fixed natural laws. The same holds for living things — plants, animals, and men: each species grows, develops, and acts in the same way. They follow the specific laws of their own nature. The entire universe is bound together into one vastly and incredibly complicated whole, like a great,

By RAYMOND DESOUZA

Why Be A Christian? Why Not Moslem, Buddhist, Hindu? Part 1: Investigating The Claim Of Miracles

By RAYMOND J DE SOUZA In Singapore, Pope Francis stated rather matter-of-factly that all religions are pathways to God, or different languages about God. Let us investigate this question, which smacks of religious indifferentism. Everyone knows that there are many religions in the world today, all claiming to be true. Many were founded by individuals who claimed to be ‘prophets’ of God — or of the gods, depending. In this context, why should we be Christian at all? Why not be a Moslem, a Jew, a Buddhist, a Hindu, an animist or whatever sort? How could a man

This Week’s Homily

The Cathedral of Saint Paul March 25, 2025

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By DON FIER

God Comes To Meet Man

By DON FIER Last week, a topic was taken up that was immediately addressed in the first chapter of the Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC): man’s capacity to know God by reason alone. It was demonstrated in two basic, commonsense ways that “by natural reason man can know God with certainty, on the basis of His works” (CCC, n. 50). The supporting arguments focused around what we can directly observe or easily discern in two of God’s most magnificent works of creation, “the physical world and the human person” (CCC, n. 31). This week, we will turn our attention

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RESTORING THE SACRED . . . Glimpses Of Catholic Life From The 1950s

The history of our Catholic faith that has spanned nearly 2,000 years is an unending story of the loving Providence of God in the lives of countless souls. This story has been preserved and handed down to us in many forms, from stone carvings and artwork to medieval manuscripts. In more recent times, the advent of periodicals, facilitated by the development of the printing press, introduced a new means of recording key moments in the life of the Church as well as the legacies of individual Catholics who by their examples of faith and courage have left an enduring mark

By JAMES MONTI , Latest

RESTORING THE SACRED

Holy Week In Corsica The Mediterranean island of Corsica is a culturally unique place with a largely French modern history but with a considerable Italian past. Its Holy Week customs are deeply rooted in the Italian phase of its history, yet they have taken on a distinctly Corsican character all its own. The fashioning of palm branches into a variety of artistic creations is a prevalent custom for Palm Sunday across Corsica. The finest examples, the pullezulle, are made by braiding the palms to construct depictions of religious symbols ranging from the cross and the fish to hearts and roses.

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Fr. ROBERT ALTIER

Sunday Sermon for March 30, 2025, The Fourth Sunday Of Lent, Year C

Readings: Josh. 5:9a, 10–12; 2 Cor. 5:17–20; Luke 15:1–3, 11–32 By Fr. ROBERT ALTIER In the Gospel reading today, we hear the beautiful story of the love of a father whose son took half of everything the father owned and squandered it all. The young man came to his senses, only after he had descended about as low as one can imagine, and decided to go back to his father’s house and offer himself to be a hired hand. He knew the gravity of what he had done and realized he no longer deserved to be called the son of

A Leavan In The World

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A Leaven In The World . . . Lent, Ben Sasse, And Memento Mori

Lent is upon us once again and with it another opportunity for grace and conversion. This most penitential season begins on Ash Wednesday with the stern admonition, “Meménto, homo, quia pulvis es, et in púlverem revertéris.” “Remember, man, you are dust.” “Remember, man, you will die.” For many public figures on the internet it has become fashionable to sport the ashen cross on the forehead each year as Lent begins. It adds a note of seriousness or gravitas, I suppose, to their blog videos and internet feeds. Ben Sasse is dying. As are we all.

FR. KEVIN CUSICK

Faith In Florida

A Leaven In The World . . . A generous brother priest volunteered to cover my Sunday Masses once this month. Freeing up the weekend enabled me to connect weekdays of two adjoining weeks resulting in a more generous period for a drive to Florida where my father and extended family now reside in the Space Coast area. Two brothers are retired there and nieces are marrying and transitioning there. One of these, with her husband and two baby boys, lives blocks from the Atlantic Coast. As well, my father had long nursed plans to transition to

Raymond Cardinal Burke's Message For The Third Week Of Lent

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Mgr. Pope

On The Role Of The Angels At The Second Coming

By Mgr. POPE The content of this post comes from a series I have been teaching at the Institute of Catholic Culture on the mission of the angels. Angels are ministering spirits mystically present and active throughout creation, in the events of Scripture, in the liturgy, and in our lives. The fundamental source for these reflections is Jean Cardinal Danielou’s book The Angels

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Archives is a weekly feature of The Wanderer that features news, articles and commentary over the past 157 years that not only provides a glimpse into the past but sometimes offers interesting insights and sound advice for the present.

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A Look Back . . . The Wanderer May 19, 1939 .. . . Frequent Confession

By FR. FRANCIS RIPLEY Paragraph seven of the revised rite of Penance insists that "frequent and careful celebration of this sacrament is also very useful as a remedy for venial sins. This is not a mere ritual repetition or psychological exercise, but a serious striving to perfect the grace

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ARCHIVES -- NEWS

World News . . . The Wanderer May 11, 1939

Persecution in the Third Reich Simultaneously with unverified reports from Rome that German-id Vatican relations are improving, and that an entente may soon be reached, comes news of further Nazi onslaughts against Church, the SCHOOLS DISSOLVED IN THE RHINELAND April 18, 1939, was a black day for Catholic

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ARCHIVES -- COMMENTARY

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR . . . The Wanderer May 11, 1939

SURE CURE FOR COMMUNISM Editor, THE WANDERER: Mark Twain once said that every-body talks about the weather but very few try to do anything about it. The same comment might be made about the conversion of America. We could make many more converts if we would only try

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