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2016-04-17T20:01:42-05:00

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The Value of a Microcephalic Life (beyond the fetal double-talk)

Last updated on: April 17, 2016 at 8:01 pm By Julia Smucker

A recent NPR story on pre-natal detection of the effects of the Zika virus caught my attention a couple of weeks ago. Although I was alerted by the foreboding reference to the mother’s loss in the teaser that appeared in my email inbox, the following two sentences still hit me in the gut: The woman decided to terminate the pregnancy. And she allowed [OB-GYN] Driggers and her colleagues to study the baby. I had to stop and read those two sentences over, slowly. I know... Read more

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2016-04-10T20:18:59-05:00

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Everyone Calm Down and Read

Last updated on: April 10, 2016 at 8:18 pm By Julia Smucker

Yes, Pope Francis’ highly anticipated post-synodal exhortation, Amoris Laetitia, was released on Friday. As has become the norm, news outlets and social media have been buzzing with reactions, pre-reactions, reactions to the reactions, and on and on. All these are fed through the speaker’s preferred narrative and thus vary depending, to name the most sweeping divides, on whether we claim that this document changes nothing or that it changes everything, and on whether we view either of the above as a... Read more

2016-03-19T18:41:35-05:00

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Stop Ignoring the Sane

Last updated on: March 19, 2016 at 6:41 pm By Julia Smucker

Kasich! That name was chanted last Tuesday night in the Ohio governor’s home state. It’s a name that could stand to be heard more often in the present election-year cacophony. But his home victory was quickly drowned out in the news cycle by the attention being paid to the other, shall we say, showier candidates. (more…) Read more

2016-03-13T09:53:23-05:00

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I Can’t Resist

Last updated on: March 13, 2016 at 9:53 am By David Cruz-Uribe

I’m sorry, but I really cannot resist posting this very Catholic joke today. “If scripture will not cast out the Devil, use laughter. For Satan cannot bear to be mocked.” (Martin Luther) A blessed Lent to everyone! Then the scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery and made her stand in the middle. They said to him, “Teacher, this woman was caught in the very act of committing adultery. Now in the law, Moses... Read more

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2016-03-10T12:42:24-05:00

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The Case for Partial Veganism

Last updated on: March 10, 2016 at 12:42 pm By Jeannine Pitas

It‘s amazing how seemingly chance events can shape us. This can happen at any age, but it is especially true when we are young. In 1995, at the age of 12, I saw a film that would change my life. Ironically, it wasn’t a very good movie. When I heard the premise – about a pig that learns to herd sheep – I thought it seemed much too childish for sophisticated, William-Blake reading, 12-year-old me. But when I saw Babe,... Read more

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2016-02-29T20:39:23-05:00

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First Sunday of Lent: If You are a Christian….

Last updated on: February 29, 2016 at 8:39 pm By David Cruz-Uribe

Still late, but I am determined to see this through. This reflection was actually very useful for me as I thought about a reading I essentially hear every year but somehow stopped listening to. And, once I got rolling, it turned out longer than I was expecting. Belatedly, a very blessed and Spirit filled Lent to all the readers of Vox Nova. Today is the first Sunday of Lent, and with it we begin our our journey to Easter. The... Read more

2016-02-22T21:07:02-05:00

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Fifth Sunday of Ordinary Time: I am a Sinful Man

Last updated on: February 22, 2016 at 9:07 pm By David Cruz-Uribe

Late again. REALLY late. I actually had the main idea worked out two weeks ago Sunday, and I started writing it last week. But somehow things got away from me. In any event, The theme struck me immediately after reading the readings, and it fits perfectly with the beginning of Lent. I hope it speaks to you. Two weeks ago, the Gospel reading from Luke marked the opening of Jesus’ public ministry in the synagogue in Nazareth. Reading from... Read more

2017-05-03T19:01:46-05:00

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Why dialogue if you already have the truth?

Last updated on: May 3, 2017 at 7:01 pm By Brett Salkeld

This post was originally published at sASK-a-Theologian. I have recently come across questions about dialogue in the Catholic tradition in at least three different contexts. First of all, Pope Francis’s prayer intention for January 2016 was interreligious dialogue. This got a lot more play than is normal for a Pope’s monthly intention because it was also the first time the Vatican accompanied the announcement of the Pope’s prayer intention with a video. Many Catholics expressed concern about this choice of... Read more

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2016-02-06T13:12:09-05:00

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Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time: What Are You Expecting?

Last updated on: February 6, 2016 at 1:12 pm By David Cruz-Uribe

Late again. However, guilt is a marvelous motivator, so Saturday morning I am typing this while waiting for the walls to dry before I paint my office. The idea has been with me all week, but somehow I never made myself sit down and write it. My focus today is almost completely on the gospel, though the reading from Paul does put in an appearance. Today’s gospel is the immediate continuation of the reading from Luke last week. Then, we... Read more

2016-02-03T07:34:02-05:00

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Iowa Caucuses 2016: A Victory for the Civil Society

Last updated on: February 3, 2016 at 7:34 am By Jeannine Pitas

Americans of all ages, all conditions, and all dispositions constantly form associations. They have not only commercial and manufacturing companies, in which all take part, but associations of a thousand other kinds, religious, moral, serious, futile, general or restricted, enormous or diminutive. The Americans make associations to give entertainments, to found seminaries, to build inns, to construct churches, to diffuse books, to send missionaries to the antipodes; in this manner they found hospitals, prisons, and schools. If it is proposed... Read more

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