While the Church doesn’t have an official teaching on this topic, it is the policy of Catholic Charities to place adoptive children with single adults.…

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With the Feast of the Assumption approaching on August 15th, we sent our intrepid Paulist priest, friend and colleague, Fr. Jack Collins, CSP, out into New York City to find out the Assumption IQ of citizens on the street.

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I left Mass in tears again. You would think that after attending Catholic Mass for four years now I would get the hang of it.…

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No. Television and internet broadcasts of Mass are useful for the sick or those unable to get to Mass because of some other infirmity. If…

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What the heck is the Feast of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary into Heaven, you ask? The Assumption (August 15) refers to the Blessed…

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Whenever I’m in the thick of summer, I can’t help but think of the first summer job I ever had. Too young for the hostessing…

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What is the best way for a young adult to get involved in ministry without becoming one of the “little old church ladies”? I work…

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I will go ahead and admit it. The last time I went to confession, I said to the priest, “I have to tell you about…

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Sharing a home-cooked meal and cleaning up the kitchen afterward aren’t Hollywood’s ideas of a winning Rom-Com, but I’ve found that those genuine moments nurture…

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  What is a sign (from God)? What “signs” might appear to us today, and how is God still speaking? There are many events, supernatural…

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