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2025-07-15T11:58:48-06:00

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Churches and Candidates Don’t Mix

Last updated on: July 15, 2025 at 11:58 am By William Droel

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Catholic churches will not take advantage of a new provision in the U.S. tax code. Since 1894 all charitable groups that obtained a 501 (c) 3 tax letter have been excused from paying federal taxes, and usually local taxes. In 1954 there was an addition to that IRS policy. Named the Johnson Amendment after its sponsor, Senator Lyndon Johnson (1908-1973), the change specified that tax-exempt groups could not endorse partisan candidates. Critics in recent years, including President Donald Trump, have... Read more

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2025-06-30T06:42:42-06:00

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Papal Controversy in the United States

Last updated on: June 30, 2025 at 6:42 am By William Droel

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It was called Americanism. Pope Leo XIII (1810-1903) condemned it. In 1899 Leo XIII sent a three-page letter to the U.S. bishops in care of Cardinal James Gibbons (1834-1921) of Baltimore. It is titled Witness to Our Good or sometimes On New Opinions of Virtue, Nature and Grace. Leo XIII’s admonishment was aimed at progressive U.S. Catholics. Its general theme speaks to today’s U.S. Catholics—conservatives and liberals. The second paragraph of Witness to Our Good mentions Fr. Isaac Hecker, CSP... Read more

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2025-06-23T15:09:34-06:00

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Leo XIII Blesses Labor Unions

Last updated on: June 23, 2025 at 3:09 pm By William Droel

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Pope Leo XIII and Controversy in the United States by Bill Droel Our new Pope Leo XIV chose his papal name to pair his interest in our high-tech economy with Pope Leo XIII’s (1810-1903) interest in the industrial revolution. Today’s social questions, particularly “developments in the field of artificial intelligence pose new challenges for the defense of human dignity, justice and labor,” says Chicago-born Leo XIV. In his 1891 encyclical, On the Condition of Labor, Leo XIII famously endorsed labor... Read more

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2025-10-06T08:58:25-06:00

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Catholicism, Islam and Mary

Last updated on: October 6, 2025 at 8:58 am By William Droel

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Catholics, Muslims and Our Blessed Lady by Bill DroelA Catholic-Muslim dialogue progresses in fits and starts. Small or large, simple or profound, any respectful exchange between Catholics (or other Christians) and Muslims is urgently needed in our world of stereotypes and recriminations. Our Blessed Lady, to the surprise of some, provides an opening for mutual understanding. There are significant differences in dogma between Catholicism and Islam. But yes, Islam highly regards the Blessed Virgin Mary. In fact, the Holy Qur’an... Read more

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2025-05-23T11:38:08-06:00

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Confession: the Abandoned Sacrament

Last updated on: May 23, 2025 at 11:38 am By William Droel

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Confession: the Abandoned Sacrament The practice of regular confession formed Catholic identity in our country over many decades, promoting a sense of belonging. It provided a clear moral method for a seemingly well-defined world. It conveyed that hard things are worth doing. The sacrament also taught equality in that the commonality of sin could be seen every Saturday afternoon. To be sure, “for some people confession was meaningful and consoling,” details James O’Toole in For I Have Sinned: Rise... Read more

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2025-05-05T12:07:07-06:00

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Bishops Lend Us Their Ear

Last updated on: May 5, 2025 at 12:07 pm By William Droel

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Our U.S. Catholic bishops want to hear from you. They are preparing a document on the laity. You are welcome to respond to their request by US Mail or email. (Send your thoughts to Paul Jarzembowski, Secretariat of Laity and Family Life, USCCB, 3211 Fourth St. NE, Washington, DC 20017; [email protected].) Bishops are rightly concerned about internal Church matters. They have issued many directives and statements about parish ministries. I alert you to this opportunity because in this instance the bishops... Read more

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2025-01-24T09:56:56-06:00

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Don’t Hurt By Helping

Last updated on: January 24, 2025 at 9:56 am By William Droel

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Generally, those in education, health care, ministry, civil service and more want to do good through their daily work. However, the outcome of their efforts often produces the opposite of what is intended. Schools produce too many uncultured young adults. Frustration among patients and health professionals is a major side-effect of health care delivery. Churches reinforce individualistic attitudes. The civil service system, top to bottom, often delivers dependency and/or corruption. The bad side-effects come from the nature of our bureaucratic... Read more

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2025-01-08T11:47:51-06:00

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Today’s True Christmas

Last updated on: January 8, 2025 at 11:47 am By William Droel

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The Working Catholic: Christmas 2024 Christmas is the feast of the Incarnation—Jesus Christ, simultaneously fully divine and fully human, dwelling among us. He comes to the world not in splendor, but in a stable in an out-of-the-way town “where ox and ass are feeding.” That stable, displayed in millions of homes this month, symbolizes our modern world, broken yet redeemed. For over 400 years Roman Catholicism ducked its appointment with modernity, reacting many times with aloof superiority or even with... Read more

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2024-11-23T10:25:52-06:00

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Is Marriage Worth It?

Last updated on: November 23, 2024 at 10:25 am By William Droel

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The Working Catholic: Advantage To Marriage by Bill Droel At a wedding reception not so long ago, the groom entered the hall with a weighted ball chained to his ankle. The stunt was meant to be funny. Statistics show, however, that many young adults these days are not kidding; they are negative toward the institution of marriage. In fact, the majority of family arrangements today do not include marriage. Brad Wilcox of the National Marriage Project at University of Virginia... Read more

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2024-09-26T09:53:50-06:00

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Pope Francis on Voting: A Call for Humility and Conscience

Last updated on: September 26, 2024 at 9:53 am By William Droel

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The Working Catholic: How to Vote by Bill Droel Whom should U.S. Catholics vote for in the presidential election? The question, in so many words, was posed to Pope Francis during his recent return flight from Asia. Choose, he replied. Both major candidates are flawed. Vice-president Kamala Harris does not fully respect life with her position on abortion. Former president Donald Trump does not respect life with his position on immigrants. “Decide according to [your] conscience,” the pope concluded. Electoral... Read more

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