Commentary
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- Are we finally getting through?
- February 3, 2012
Are we finally getting through?
The church has been saying, most recently for 120 years (that's really recent in church time) that unequal distribution of wealth and unbridled liberal capitalism is harmful to the civic health.
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- Will beloved pets go to heaven too?
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- February 3, 2012
Q. Will our cat and dog be with me and my family in heaven? Every day I say the rosary to ask God to help me, but then sometimes I can't go to sleep at night worrying about what will happen to our pets when they die. I have no one to talk to but you, so I'm hoping you can answer me. (Flemington, N.J.)
A. I suppose the traditional philosophical position would be that only human beings have immortal souls. On the other hand, the revered British author C.S. Lewis o
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- Little cowboys and cowgirls
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- February 3, 2012
- Courier photos by Mike Crupi
- The need to aid the poor is pressing
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- February 2, 2012
As we enter the holy season of Lent on Ash Wednesday, Feb. 22, I am especially mindful of Christ’s mandate that we assist the poor. As you know, almsgiving, along with fasting and prayer, is required of us as part of our Lenten discipline -- and never in recent times has the need to reach out as Christians to help our
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- Seek heroes at home
- February 2, 2012
To the editor:
I read with interest John Garvey’s column on heroes in the January 2012 issue. His point is well taken that it is much more difficult to find heroes today among public figures and athletes.
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- Hopes ads are effective
- February 2, 2012
To the editor:
I hope many of you saw the ads on TV these past weeks presented by CatholicsComeHome.Org. I had seen several of their ads on EWTN the past couple of years
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- Invites participation
- February 2, 2012
To the editor:
Would you say yes to doing something if you know it would save a life?
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- Thank God for life's blessings
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- January 27, 2012
On Sunday, Jan. 22, we celebrated the seventh anniversary of the rededication of Sacred Heart Cathedral, the mother church of the Diocese of Rochester. It is always an occasion of grace and renewal to remember that cold winter evening in 2005 when people from all 12 of our counties gathered in prayer to ask God’s blessings on our renewed place of worship.
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Bishop's Column
- The need to aid the poor is pressing
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- February 2, 2012
Father McBrien
- Church's teachers must witness to the Gospel
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- July 19, 2011
Other Columnists
- Are we finally getting through?
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- February 3, 2012
- Will beloved pets go to heaven too?
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- February 3, 2012
- It's very much a moral thing
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- January 4, 2012
Letters to the Editor
- Seek heroes at home
- February 2, 2012
- Hopes ads are effective
- February 2, 2012
- Invites participation
- February 2, 2012
Blogs
- Little cowboys and cowgirls
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- February 3, 2012
- Courier photos by Mike Crupi
- Did Tebow hear John Paul II?
- January 24, 2012
- By Mike Latona/Staff Writer
- A pearl of a teacher
- January 19, 2012
- By Annette Jiménez/Staff Writer
The Forum
- Pray for human dignity's respect
- October 4, 2011
- Jann Armantrout
- There are many effective ways to deal with depression
- July 5, 2011
- By Michael Engrassia
- We must include our Catholic values in society
- October 1, 2010
- By Jann Armantrout
