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What is Love?

Nowadays, with romantic comedies and addicting TV shows about love, romance, sex, and drama, it's easy to get caught up in the warm, fuzzy, secular, and shallow definitions of love. This is especially true as Valentine's Day approaches, bringing with it red and pink hearts, candies, and phony sentimentalities.

Picturing Life

On the Prudent Use of Abortion Images
Recently, I got into a discussion about the use of abortion images with some people and I felt an unsettling anger among my fellows. This is, of course, no wonder given the gravity and severity of abortion in regard to the numbers of dead, mothers and children alike.

Looking for Love in all the Wrong Places

The Difficulties of Finding Love in teh Midst of a Hookup Culture
People often lament the lack of a significant other on Saint Valentine's Day. The desire to have someone to go to on a day designed to celebrate romantic love is particularly poignant on this specific date. Unfortunately, the culture we live in today makes the inherently difficult task of finding romantic love even tougher.

Love in the time of Booty Calls

We live in a time when the administrations of Catholic universities nationwide seem hesitant to promote the Church's teachings on sexuality as an integral part of student life. The closest some schools get to endorsing chastity as an ideal is to encourage their male students not to sexually assault their female classmates.

Habitually Yours

A Single's Perspective
In today's day and age, how many of us hear "fairytale," "prince charming," "the girl/guy of our dreams" and the like? How addicted are we to the movies and the music that profess a happy ending? More importantly, what does this happy ending entail? For one, it often begins with the guy or girl meeting our "checklist.

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