Reflecting on the violence in Charlottesville
Last weekend, Neo-nazis, fascists, Klansmen, white supremacists, neo-confederates and other hate groups converged on the city of Charlottesville, Virginia, and
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Respect Life/Social Justice
Striving for solidarity: what two saints can teach us
By Mark Schmidt Director of the Office of Respect Life/Social Justice This past week a bombing occurred at a mosque
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Marking National Natural Family Planning Week
By Mark Schmidt Director of the Office of Respect Life/Social Justice This past year, the Archdiocese of Dubuque Family Life
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‘Our first, most cherished liberty’: practicing religious freedom
By Mark Schmidt Director of the Office of Respect Life/Social Justice “In today’s world, religious freedom is more often affirmed
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‘Freedom for mission’: reflecting on religious liberty
By Mark Schmidt Director of the Office of Respect Life/Social Justice “We’re on a mission from God.” Those words come
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Remembering miscarried and stillborn babies as part of our spiritual community
By Mark Schmidt Director of the Office of Respect Life/Social Justice I don’t know exactly how old I was, older
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Learning from Lazarus: what this Bible story can teach us about preparing for death
By Mark Schmidt Director of Respect Life/Social Justice In this Sunday’s Gospel we hear the story of a man named
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On hospice and palliative care: God will not abandon us
By Mark Schmidt Director of the Office of Respect Life and Social Justice When I worked as a hospice chaplain a
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Preparing for death and our eternal life during Lent
By Mark Schmidt Director of Respect Life/Social Justice for the Archdiocese of Dubuque In the first reading this weekend we
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The understanding of health care as a human right
By Mark Schmidt Special to The Witness Pope Francis declared the Jubilee Year of Mercy he called all of us
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