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Category: Opinion

Heroin epidemic isn’t a back alley problem; it’s ours

Posted on Sep 29, 2016Sep 28, 2016 in Editorials, Opinion

Erase from your mind the image of a heroin addict: a skinny hippie shooting up in some back alley in …Read More

Who does God want leading our country?

Posted on Sep 29, 2016Sep 28, 2016 in Letters, Opinion

To the Editor: All of us want a candidate who has the answers to problems we want resolved to make …Read More

Voting for the common good

Posted on Sep 22, 2016Sep 21, 2016 in Editorials, Opinion

Sept. 29 marks the first day for absentee ballots to be accepted in the county auditor’s office for the Nov. …Read More

Repairing the Seamless Garment

Posted on Sep 22, 2016Sep 21, 2016 in Letters, Opinion

To the Editor: The proverbial Seamless Garment of a consistent life ethic is unraveling fast. Denial, abuse and false compassion …Read More

Activist priest dies

Posted on Sep 22, 2016Sep 21, 2016 in Guest Opinion, Opinion
Activist priest dies

By Deacon Dan Huber Several years ago a newly retired Msgr. Marvin Mottet shared with me an obituary that had …Read More

Personal encounter with Mother Teresa

Posted on Sep 15, 2016Sep 14, 2016 in Letters, Opinion

To the Editor: I enjoyed the story about Mother Teresa’s visit to Davenport in 1976. My husband Francis and I …Read More

View “One peace at a time” tonight

Posted on Sep 15, 2016Sep 14, 2016 in Letters, Opinion

To the Editor: We just witnessed the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where more than 11,178 athletes …Read More

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This week’s paper issue of The Catholic Messenger (9/3/2026) will arrive day later due to a mechanical issue at the printing plant in Indiana.

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