Dear Mr. Trautwig,By now I think you get it. When Simone Biles was adopted, the people who adopted her became her parents. You don’t need to call them her grandfather and his wife, or her mom and dad, or even her “adoptive parents.”They are her parents. Plain and simple andRead More

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A world Youth Day pilgrim prays at Sacred Heart Church in Krakow, Poland, July 28. (CNS photo/Bob Roller)Soon after the terrorist attack in Orlando, Catholic leaders, writers and commentators issued “Catholic” responses to the tragedy. The reactions to the violence, however, were often contradictory and the ensuringRead More

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Father Logue will retire from the active priesthood at the end of August. He spent two decades as pastor of Our Lady of Sorrows.Read More