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Category: Opinion

The Goddess Project

Posted on Oct 10, 2019Oct 9, 2019 in Letters, Opinion

To the Editor: For more than 20 years, the YWCA has set aside one week in October as a Week …Read More

Let’s work together

Posted on Oct 10, 2019Oct 9, 2019 in Letters, Opinion

To the Editor: In a Sept. 26 letter to the editor, Don Moeller points out what he sees as the …Read More

​Bring Christ our hope to all, no exceptions

Posted on Oct 3, 2019Oct 2, 2019 in Editorials, Opinion

Three women who had taken the first dose of an abortion pill turned to the Women’s Choice Center in Bettendorf …Read More

The necessity of being Catholic and political

Posted on Oct 3, 2019Oct 2, 2019 in Guest Opinion, Opinion
The necessity of being Catholic and political

(Part two of six) Tumultuous. This seems to be an apt description of recent political news. One day, a poignant …Read More

Thank you for support of Fr. Conroy’s Vineyard

Posted on Sep 26, 2019Sep 25, 2019 in Letters, Opinion

To the Editor: After 18 ½ years, it is with heavy heart we announce the closing of Father Conroy’s Vineyard …Read More

Good stewards in farming

Posted on Sep 26, 2019Sep 25, 2019 in Letters, Opinion

To the Editor: In The Catholic Messenger’s Sept. 19 story about Iowa farming and “climate action” it is apparent that …Read More

A culture of complacency

Posted on Sep 26, 2019Sep 25, 2019 in Editorials, Opinion

“Cheerfully childless in Chicago” wrote to syndicated columnist Amy Dickinson to complain about siblings whose young children are a focal …Read More

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