Catholic – Page 4 – Red Letter Christians

Are You For Real? Lessons Learned from the Velveteen Rabbit

May 31, 2012

One of my more memorable confessions occurred several years ago when I confessed to my Franciscan priest that I felt like a Christian poser. After reading the ‘Sermon on the Mount, ’ I realized I didn’t really...

What To Do About “Radical Feminist Nuns”

Christian Piatt

April 25, 2012

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It’s not exactly headline-worthy news that many Catholics actually hold personal beliefs that don’t line up with church doctrine. It does get a little more interesting, however, when an umbrella group for ...

Is That Any Way to Treat a Bible?

Morf Morford

February 15, 2012

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We are not Catholic, but for a variety of reasons we sent our daughter to Catholic schools. In a high school religion class, the teacher approached my daughter during class, took her Bible and was horrified...

Waiting with Mary: “Being” Rather Than “Doing”

Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove

December 21, 2011

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Before Leah and I moved to Durham to start Rutba House in the summer of 2003, we spent a long weekend at Mary’s House Catholic Worker, a hospitality house for homeless families in Birmingham, Alabama. We ...

Church Leaders Join Fight Against Italian Energy Giant in Rural Guatemala

Tobias Roberts

December 17, 2011

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Tension filled the cramped, block-wall room in the Guatemalan highlands as indigenous leaders sat across from negotiators for ENEL, an Italian-based energy company building a US$228-million hydro-electric ...

Following Francis: The Veneration of (Imperfect) Saints

Jamie Arpin-Ricci

October 25, 2011

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When people find out that I am 3rd Order Franciscan and that I have written a book that reflects on the life of St. Francis of Assisi, it is not uncommon for some to do a double take. "You're not Catholic, ...

Find Your Own Calcutta

Tony Campolo

July 6, 2011

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She was small in stature but she stood head and shoulders above the rest of us. Her life and her message affected the way we view the poor and highly impacted the ways in which we live our lives. She called u...

FOCUS Conferences 2011: Answering the Call

Tony Campolo

December 14, 2010

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To all my Catholic Friends and Followers: It is not often that I find an opportunity to speak to you directly and independently. However, an upcoming series of conferences provides me a prime opportunity to r...