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Category: Opinion

Credibility important

Posted on Feb 25, 2016Feb 24, 2016 in Letters

To the Editor: Two letters to the editor have recently addressed the language and tone of those writing (electronically, usually) …Read More

Fasting during Lent

Posted on Feb 25, 2016Feb 24, 2016 in Guest Opinion
Fasting during Lent

Why fast during Lent? One can certainly find a variety of answers among Catholics. We fast in order to do …Read More

Lent is a time to examine our lives

Posted on Feb 18, 2016Feb 17, 2016 in Guest Opinion
Lent is a time to examine our lives

By Fr. Bud Grant It has been half a year since Pope Francis issued the first-ever encyclical on the environment. …Read More

Uncivil tones are on both sides

Posted on Feb 18, 2016Feb 17, 2016 in Letters

To the Editor, I’d like to respond to the letter to the editor, in the Feb. 4 issue of The …Read More

Marriage: a sacrament in progress

Posted on Feb 11, 2016Feb 10, 2016 in Editorials

At the suggestion of their parish priest, Marie and Norbert Hammes got married on Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 28, 1940, because …Read More

Remember human trafficking victims

Posted on Feb 10, 2016Feb 10, 2016 in Letters

To the editor: Human trafficking, sex trafficking, labor trafficking and modern-day slavery are the different ways we have of describing …Read More

Reduce gun violence

Posted on Feb 4, 2016Feb 3, 2016 in Letters

To the Editor: Gun violence in our country causes 30,000 deaths each year. Americans are 20 times more likely to …Read More

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