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Father Bayer: Contraception in Scientific American

Saturday, September 21, 20190519 I was pleasantly surprised earlier this summer when I saw confirmed in the prestigious journal Scientific American (May 2019) something I had often heard from some...

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Father Bayer: Signs of Science

Friday, September 6, 20190216 Recently, I accompanied some really awesome students to John Bunker Sands Wetlands Center, which is a beautiful water treatment facility and nature preserve southeast of...

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Father Esposito: The possibility and privilege of friendship with God

Friday, September 6, 20190360 Is friendship with God possible? The question might appear awkward, ideally reserved for those impractical philosopher types who muse leisurely on the mysteries of the...

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Father Bayer: In debate of ideologies, open dialogue needed

Thursday, August 22, 20190201 By Father John Bayer Special to The Texas Catholic One of the more disappointing things I read in the news recently was that Amazon decided, in response to a...

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Father Esposito: The Areopagus as the model for dialogue

Wednesday, July 17, 20190879 For any flower to blossom fully, its roots must be nourished continuously and grounded in good soil. This simple fact of nature highlights, by analogy, the spiritual...

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Father Bayer: Understanding celibacy and marriage in the church

Friday, June 14, 20190209 In a culture so saturated with sexuality as our own, among the most provocative lines of the Gospel is surely the following: some “have renounced marriage for the sake...

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Father Esposito: Discovering the still point of the turning world

Tuesday, May 28, 20190448 In the heart of Rome stands Piazza Venezia, a chaotic traffic circle in front of the gaudy Vittorio Emanuele monument, home to Italy’s tomb of the unknown soldier and...

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Father Bayer: Fides et Ratio, St. John Paul II on faith and reason

Tuesday, May 14, 20190183 Recently, we read a gospel passage that can make people cringe: the story of “doubting”Thomas (cf. Jn 20:19-31). This passage is, sadly, often interpreted as though...

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Father Esposito: The encounter between Job and the risen Christ

Friday, April 26, 20190299 I stumbled upon a question during Holy Week, one that moved quite gracefully from a thought-experiment to prayer: how would Job respond to the suffering of Christ on the...

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Father Esposito: Honoring, preserving the legacy of Newman