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Physician-assisted suicide, now known as Medical-Aid-in-Dying, has been sold to us as an expression of rationality and autonomy. Perhaps the cry for such a death "is in reality a cry of desperation from the depressed and isolated, in short, the plea for love."
Foundations
True Wonder and Awe
We live in an enchanted world, charged by God's grandeur. In order to reclaim a sense of wonder, we need to see the ordinary as extraordinary, grateful for the gift of existence itself.
Enrichment
Overlooking a crater lake hidden within the hills southeast of Rome, the papal palace (and gardens and observatory) at Castel Gandolfo has provided popes a respite from Rome's summer heat.
Encounter the perennial truths of the faith as they are applied to particular questions of life, education, and professional disciplines.
Jesus is not weak. Jesus is the one who assailed the strong man, as he puts it in the Gospels, and he has taken on the enemy and won. He’s the one who is calling you to follow him.
Q&A
Sport: A Metaphor for Life with Andrew Swafford and Fr. Craig Vasek
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Investigate the first and foundational principles of the Catholic imaginative vision.
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Understanding the Papacy
Why Did God Give Us a Pope?
The more we understand the nature of this choice gift of God, the better we will be able to respond to the Spirit’s action in the world, and to receive the graces it brings according to God’s often hidden purposes.
Understanding the Role of the Pope
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The Papacy Throughout History
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The Conclave: Apostolic Succession at Work
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