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VOICES HomeNEWS LocalNationalInternationalObituaries FEATURES NW StoriesLatest IssuePast Issues SPIRITUALITY Ask Father/BishopCatholic VoicesDaily ReadingsSaints of the Month LIVING Food & HomeMarriage & ParentingMoney & StewardshipSports VOICES ArchbishopBishopCommentaryBlog ESPAÑOL Del ArzobispoDel ObispoNoticias/OpiniónPreguntasSantos del Mes CULTURE BooksCalendarCrosswordMovies & TV MULTIMEDIA VideosAudioPhotos Classifieds HomeNEWS— Local— National— International— ObituariesFEATURES— NW Stories— Latest Issue— Past IssuesSPIRITUALITY— Ask Father/Bishop— Catholic Voices— Daily Readings— Saints of the MonthLIVING— Food & Home— Marriage & Parenting— Money & Stewardship— SportsVOICES— Archbishop— Bishop— Commentary— BlogESPAÑOL— Del Arzobispo— Del Obispo— Noticias/Opinión— Preguntas— Santos del MesCULTURE— Books— Calendar— Crossword— Movies & TVMULTIMEDIA— Videos— Audio— PhotosClassifieds Home VOICES VOICES Is the denomination holy? Immaculate sinners Jesus shows us the way At some point in my grammar school career, I studied the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World: the Pyramids of Egypt, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the Temple of Diana at Ephesus, the Statue of Jupiter at Athens, the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, the Colossus at Rhodes, and the Lighthouse at Alexandria in Egypt. Divine tattoos Love uses permanent ink Sarcasm is poisonous Among the things forbidden in our house as I was growing up — vulgar, racist, or ungodly words — was the word stupid. To be honest, at first it struck me as odd that we were not unliable to use that word, considering it seemed fairly healthful as words go. I gradually came to realize that it was off-limits considering it is a unseemly word too hands thrown virtually to offend or belittle. The McCarrick mess When I was going through school, the devil was presented to us as a myth, a literary device, a symbolic manner of signaling the presence of evil in the world. I will shoehorn to internalizing this view and largely losing my sense of the devil as a real spiritual person. Written by Bishop Robert Barron Flowers for Mary: Finding eyeful in the yard Janet Easter is experiencing Braxton Hicks contractions as she arranges a bouquet in her backyard, and she is unfazed. “I’m having contractions, which is hilarious,” she says, stripping the leaves off a hydrangea in one swift stroke. Written by Christina Capecchi A scratch-and-sniff stamp for an unsound merchantry The numbers don’t squint good for the U.S. Postal Service. Last year it reported its sixth straight yearly operating loss, in the value of $2.7 billion. During fiscal year 2017, the USPS delivered 149 billion pieces of mail, lanugo from 154 billion the previous year — and a major waif from its peak of 213 billion in 2006. Written by Christina Capecchi What’s the difference between humans and animals? Just 70 years ago this month a slender novel validness the innocuous title The Loved One made its visitation in the United States. My copy, a first edition, records four reprintings between June and August. Today the typesetting is still in print and theoretically still selling briskly. Written by Russell Shaw StartPrev123…NextEndPage 1 of 61 Back to top SIGN UP for the latest LOCAL CATHOLIC NEWS, FEATURES and EVENTS in your INBOX.    HomeNewsFeaturesSpiritualityLivingVoicesEspañolCultureMultimediaSubscribeUnsubscribeAdvertiseDigital ArchivesContact UsSubmit StoriesAbout UsComment Policy Northwest Catholic. All Rights Reserved.