Being pro-life and pro-environment
The annual March for Life in Washington that marks the U.S. Supreme Court legalizing abortion in January 1973 is an intriguing affair. It is a surreal sight, seeing so many different people from…
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Skip or watch? A guide to the Super Bowl
In the past, on autumn afternoons after Sunday Mass, you could always go over to my in-laws’ house, sit down, and watch the NFL with them. Not anymore. “We were deeply offended by the position that a…
What I admire about the Catholic Church: A Protestant perspective
As the title of this work implies, I am not Catholic, nor have I ever claimed to be. I was raised as a Methodist and have since attended different Protestant churches. However, that does not at all…
More ghost stories: It’s the readers’ turn
Faces without bodies floating in a dining room…a commanding voice from nowhere that saves a woman’s life…a visit from a deceased loved one…Catholic Digest readers share their responses to last month’s…
Now it’s the readers’ turn
Our Special Report on clergy sexual abuse in the July/August issue is generating a lot of mail. Here’s what readers are saying.
Mark Chopko’s 1992 letter on how the Church has handled the sex abuse crisis
In 1992 Mark Chopko, then the General Counsel for the United States Catholic Conference, sent the following letter to Catholic Digest’s sister publication Today’s Parish about how the Church was…
