I must admit that I felt a little presumptuous breaking the Ramadan fast when I hadn’t been fasting in the first place. But my wife and I had been invited to attend a catered dinner in a firehouse banquet hall where the local Muslim community was gathering to break their fast. The ...Read More
Some 25,000 people attended Pope Francis’s general audience in St. Peter's Square a few days after the canonization of Saint Teresa of Kolkata. Before delivering his final blessing, the pope called on young people to follow her example and be “artisans of mercy.” Why did he use the example of an artisan ...Read More
“After the master of the house has arisen and locked the door, then will you stand outside knocking and saying, ‘Lord, open the door for us.’ He will say to you in reply, ‘I do not know where you are from.’ And you will say, ‘We ate and drank in ...Read More
Many people blame religion for bringing strife into the world. They point to the Crusades and the Inquisition as examples. But religion itself is not to blame. The blame falls on those who call themselves Christians, for instance, but fail to live according to Christ’s commandments of love and ...Read More
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