Anything without heart, anything without love — and I mean politics, music, law, art, even religion –anything without love, no matter how brilliant, is finally inadequate and weak. At the end of the day, the human soul yearns to be loved, and to love in return. And it won’t settle for anything less. God loves…
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The Birthday of the Church and the Path We Chose
Posted by Archbishop Charles J. Chaput on May 17th, 2013
Charles Borromeo and the Work of New Beginnings
Posted by Archbishop Charles J. Chaput on March 7th, 2013
Exactly 18 months ago this week, the Philadelphia Catholic family became my family, and the city became my home. I said at the time that the challenges we face as a Church wouldn’t be easy, and they haven’t been. Many of our pastoral, legal and financial problems still remain. So do our very serious obligations t…
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No Comments »Justice, Prudence, and Immigration Reform
Posted by Archbishop Charles J. Chaput on February 21st, 2013
The Catholic commitment to the dignity of the immigrant comes from exactly the same roots as our commitment to the dignity of the unborn child. Any Catholic who truly understands his or her faith knows that the right to life precedes and creates the foundation for every other human right. There’s no getting aroun…
Preparing for the Journey of Lent 2013
Posted by Archbishop Charles J. Chaput on February 12th, 2013
More than 70 years ago the great French Catholic writer Georges Bernanos published a little essay called “Sermon of an Agnostic on the Feast of St. Théresè.” Bernanos deeply loved the Church, but he could also be brutally candid when it came to himself and his fellow believers. Above all, he had a piercing sense …
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Posted by Archbishop Charles J. Chaput on February 5th, 2013
To live well is nothing other than to love God with all one’s heart, with all one’s soul and with all one’s efforts; from this it comes about that love is kept whole and uncorrupted (through temperance). No misfortune can disturb it (and this is fortitude). It obeys only [God] (and this is justice), and is carefu…
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