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Corruption is what we call it when someone surrenders their integritytheir sense of wholeness and moral character, their basic humanityfor the sake of money, sex, or power. Corruption is a... Read more
Mr. Ricketts, a Republican who is Roman Catholic, tapped his family fortune to help bankroll a referendum to reinstate capital punishment, a measure the states Catholic leadership vehemently... Read more
Capital Punishment has been a hot topic. Some claim previous Church teaching was wrong while others saying Pope Francis is a heretic. Neither of these positions holds water. Instead, both have their... Read more
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Today's guest post is by Mark S. Burrows, translator of Rilke's Prayers of a Young Poet. Of Rainer Maria Rilke'smany extraordinary poems collected in Prayers of a Young Poet, #18beckons us to an... Read more