Why fast during Lent? One can certainly find a variety of answers among Catholics. We fast in order to do …Read More
Fasting during Lent
Category: 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
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
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
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
To the Editor: Gun violence in our country causes 30,000 deaths each year. Americans are 20 times more likely to …Read More
Compromise needed for Iowa Medicaid
Iowa’s most vulnerable citizens — children and adults with low incomes and/or disabilities — are at the mercy of a …Read More