Archbishop of Philadelphia
Articles by Archbishop Charles J. Chaput
Anything without heart, anything without love -- and I mean politics, music, law, art, even religion --anythingwithout love, no matter how brilliant, is finally inadequate and weak. At the …
read moreExactly 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, …
read moreThe 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 …
read moreMore 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, …
read moreTo 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 …
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