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It’s a long way to Tipperary, but Fr. John Sherlock “feels very much at home” in Kansas. After beginning his priesthood with the Legionaries of Christ — serving in Mexico and Spain — he was incardinated in the Wichita diocese in 1981. “The Legionaries had their apostolate, and it was very concrete. But I felt I had to be more among the people, the regular Joes in the parishes,” explains the rector of Wichita’s Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception. In Kansas, his cups of Joe “runneth over” with earthy good sense tipped heavenward.

When Pope Francis was elected, the news media insisted on old questions: Will the Church adapt to the times and alter its teaching on homosexuality, abortion, contraception, celibate clergy, and divorce?

To create this fascinating volume, Gorny embarked on a two-year journey to seek the truth behind the relics associated with Christ’s passion. He and his photographer investigated a rich body of documentary evidence found in museums, archives and churches surrounding sacred objects believed to have been preserved since Jesus’ lifetime, exploring and collaborating with historians and scientists to verify the relics’ authenticity.

The Church is a mystery. To enter more deeply into that mystery, believers reflect on the Church’s basic characteristics — what it means for the Church to be one, holy, catholic, and apostolic. Father Nichols, a Dominican theologian, explores these marks by drawing on insights from four theological masters.

I’m sure you have heard the old adage: It’s not just what you do, but how you do it! We all know this to be true, but sometimes we need to be reminded.

Over the past several generations there has been a radical decline in the sense of sin — and even in the understanding of the meaning of the very concept of sin.

Genetic testing — also known as DNA-based testing — has been an evolving technology in medicine. Different types of genetic testing are done for different reasons. Samples for genetic testing are obtained from blood, hair, skin, amniotic fluid or other tissue.

It’s been said that a coincidence is nothing other than God remaining anonymous. In other words, there are no coincidences in God’s Providence.

Leadership is complex. It’s filled with paradoxes. On one hand, standards are important. On the other hand, allowing mistakes to happen creates a thriving team.

I was doing perfectly fine, sitting at the diner, scanning the menu and steadfastly determined to have a tuna melt for lunch … until someone at the table next to me made a fateful decision.

I don’t know about you, but I never really understood why people in the Bible tore their clothes when they got upset. I mean, clothes are expensive. Clothes were made by hand 3,000 years ago, so dollar-for-denarius, they must have been even more expensive.

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