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AI: the high-tech Ouija board

By Logan Phillips
Artificial intelligence is today’s hot new buzzword and seems to be everywhere. AI is transforming industry, research and finding its way into everything from military planning to supposedly “smart” refrigerators.
9/16/26
Reading Time 4 min

God’s mercy

By Fr. Jack Peterson, YA
I remember well the day I first laid eyes on the Grand Canyon. There was quite a buildup en route in the car as we talked about what others had said of this amazing spectacle.
9/12/26
Reading Time 3 min

In his name

By Fr. Richard Miserendino
Back when the internet was young and AOL was plugging people into it seemingly en masse, I vividly remember being warned by parents, teachers and anyone with a brain that I should never ever use my real name online.
9/5/26
Reading Time 3 min

Children are people, not products

By Elizabeth Foss
I’ve been writing this column for more than three decades. Sometimes I wonder if there is anything new to say. And then I also remember that people who were children when I began are parents now. It’s been a long time.
9/3/26
Reading Time 3 min

Remembering those we lost

By Lucia A. Silecchia
“Blessed are they who mourn, for they shall be comforted.” This season, with somber hearts, we mark 25 years since achingly bright September skies were filled with the horrors of an evil still incomprehensible.
9/3/26
Reading Time 4 min

Bake the lemon meringue pie

By Christina Capecchi
Amelia Bedelia should have been fired. She botched every single task on her housekeeping list. When instructed to dust the furniture, she put dusting powder on the furniture.
9/2/26
Reading Time 3 min

Labor, dignity and hope

By Lucia A. Silecchia
Labor Day is, for many, the best of times and the worst of times. Alas, it is summer’s unofficial end, an unwelcome herald of shorter days and the harbinger of a busier pace.
9/2/26
Reading Time 4 min

God’s call on a bus

By Mary Beth Bonacci
I was a college dropout. Working for an oil company. Dating an executive. Enjoying martini lunches. It was like a “Mad Men” throwback, and I loved it.
9/2/26
Reading Time 4 min

Catch-22 for military chaplains

By Andrea Picciotti-Bayer
For more than 250 years, from the Continental Army’s campfires to the frozen hills of North Korea, American chaplains have carried out a task no one else in uniform can perform: standing beside a service member when death feels close and offering access to God.
9/1/26
Reading Time 4 min

Following Christ

By Fr. Joseph M. Rampino
Aug. 30 — Mt 16:21-27 The tomb of St. Peter in the city of Rome is, from the standpoint of natural reason, in a strange place.
8/29/26
Reading Time 3 min

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