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Share Your Faith in This Year of Faith Two keys to help you do it. The gospel really does have the power to save and redeem. It’s something that each of us can experience. And it’s something that each of us is called to proclaim. As we try to respond to the Lord’s call to go out into all the world, it’s important for us to see how much the Lord wants us to evangelize. On the one hand, we should not presume that everyone is already converted and on the path to heaven. But on the other hand,...

Miami Prelate Recalls Pope's Visit to Cuba, Looks to Year of Faith Archbishop Thomas Wenski Speaks About Pastoral Care of Immigrants By Ann SchneibleROME, MAY 17, 2012 (Zenit.org).- In confronting the war that secular culture is raging against the family, the Year of Faith calls Christians to embrace the faith, and to become shaped by it, according to a Florida bishop who was just in Rome for his five-yearly meeting with the Pope.Archbishop Thomas Wenski of Miami spoke with ZENIT about the upcoming Year of Faith and the challenges it aims to confront.With the beginning of the Year of Faith...

A Word About Sparrows: Evangelizing the Animal Rights Movement    HELEN M. VALOIS Like all errors, the animal rights movement contains elements of truth. Like the feminists who represent themselves as opposed to rape, unequal wages, and (until recently) sexual harassment in the workplace, the animal rights activists lead with issues we can all agree on. Indeed, the Catechism affirms, “Animals are God’s creatures . . . It is contrary to human dignity to cause animals to suffer or die needlessly” (nos. 2416, 2418). We’re mistaken, however, if we imagine that it begins and ends here. The root of the...