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Frontpage An aerial view of the Pentagon

The bishops urged that 'judgments over life and death, the gravest of human challenges, must remain bound to our living consciences.'

On June 3 the Alliance Defending Freedom, which is representing both the diocese and the pregnancy center, said it had filed suit in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit over the dispute.

The Diocese of Springfield says the state Human Rights Act violates its religious freedom, including the right to hire workers who agree with its religious mission.

A view of the Dome of the Rock, from a window with cross ironwork, in Jerusalem.

The St. Nicholas Tavelic Network backs his emphasis on charity and respect in proclaiming the Gospel to Muslims and the necessity of a visible Christian identity.

Zwiebackesser ‘St. Peter’

COMMENTARY: While the Catholic Church faces serious difficulties, the situation is not as dire as the SSPX claims. The best counterargument the Church can offer is a renewed focus on the many things that are right with the Church.

Details of Raphael’s “School of Athens” (left) and “Disputation of the Holy Sacrament,” painted between 1509 and 1510, in the Raphael Stanze at the Vatican.

COMMENTARY: An age that can’t think objectively or love self-sacrificially can still be touched by beauty.