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Category: Opinion

Writer offers advice to The Catholic Messenger

Posted on Jun 23, 2016Jun 22, 2016 in Letters

To the Editor: Take a hint from your new award. Your June 9th issue states that The Catholic Messenger won …Read More

Begin the difficult conversation

Posted on Jun 16, 2016Jun 14, 2016 in Editorials
Begin the difficult  conversation

End-of-life issues are taking center stage as more states approve physician-assisted suicide. In Iowa, such legislation introduced by so-called “Death …Read More

Gratitude for Kahl Home

Posted on Jun 16, 2016Jun 14, 2016 in Letters

To the Editor: Kompassion, Koncern, Karing: I have misspelled these words on purpose. Why? These words reflect the “K” in …Read More

Tending the garden of our lives

Posted on Jun 16, 2016Jun 14, 2016 in Guest Opinion
Tending the garden of our lives

Bishop Martin Amos Life Issues (This article is one of a series from the bishops of Iowa on “end of …Read More

Take the high road

Posted on Jun 9, 2016Jun 7, 2016 in Editorials

Our culture lives with a syndrome that has been years in the making and is curable: Knee-Jerk Reaction Syndrome. It …Read More

Seek face of Christ in suffering

Posted on Jun 9, 2016Jun 7, 2016 in Guest Opinion
Seek face of Christ in suffering

(This article is one of a series from the bishops of Iowa on “end of life” issues.) Supporters of “doctor-prescribed …Read More

Support cathedral’s diocesan center

Posted on Jun 9, 2016Jun 7, 2016 in Letters

To the Editor: As a long- time member of Sacred Heart Cathedral Parish and active in our hospitality ministry, I …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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