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Luigi Mangione and Killing to Right a Wrong Dr. Christopher Kaczor  The murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson brought celebration. People refused to help find the alleged killer Luigi Mangione, and others cooed over his good looks. Some people argue that this killing is somehow justified as a way of "fighting back" against a corrupt healthcare system. Are we to kill people to purify society? READ ARTICLE Red One Brings Us Virtue Ethics for Christmas Dixon Rodriguez In this newly released action-comedy Christmas movie, audiences will get what they have come to expect from films starring The Rock: action, some laughs, and some real heartfelt moments. What they won't expect is an introduction to Aristotle's Ethics, otherwise known as "virtue ethics." READ ARTICLE Forming Our Daughters to Be Women of God  Lindsay Schlegel  Yes, adolescence is a monumental shift in a child's life and in the life of his or her family. And yes, change is usually challenging, messy, and painful. Through its century-old wisdom, Beautiful Girlhood recognizes that it is imperative that girls make decisions today based on who they want to be tomorrow. READ ARTICLE A Certain Idea of America Is Noonan-esque Indeed    Rachel Lu Peggy Noonan is always trying to figure out what kind of chapter we've been adding to the Great American Story. She tells stories from the past, presenting her vision of a free, constitutional, natural-law-based society, and hoping her compatriots will recognize it and find it lovable. READ ARTICLE Reclaiming Your Spiritual Grounding: 7 Ways to Reduce Distractions    Dr. Holly Ordway Advent is a partly penitential season, and constant distraction is not good for us. It's worth pushing through some discomfort to become more grounded and more in control of what you consume.These suggestions are deliberately small and low key, because that makes them feasible to try. Doing even one or two of these things really does make a difference. READ ARTICLE Assisted Killing Fails to Protect the Vulnerable  Dr. Christopher Kaczor UK lawmakers recently approved assisted suicide for those suffering with a terminal illness and given only six months to live. The law permitting assisted suicide abstracts from the vulnerability of those suffering at the end of life, and the systematic neglect, especially of the infirm elderly, makes them particularly vulnerable to manipulation and coercion. READ ARTICLE Become Pilgrims of Hope  Thomas Salerno  We've become a society demoralized by a ceaseless state of desperation and anxiety driven by media advertisers and online algorithms. The Holy Father has given us a special Advent mission: to accompany our neighbors and friends in hope. Do you know someone paralyzed by fear, mistrust, anxiety, or despair? Become a messenger of peace. READ ARTICLE The Reality of Careerism in the Vatican  John Allen, Jr. A popular conception is that every priest in the Vatican wants to be a bishop, every bishop wants to be a cardinal, and every cardinal wants to be the pope, and they're all willing to sell their souls to get it. Understanding the reality of careerism in the Vatican, therefore, is an important bit of apologetics that every evangelist should possess.   READ ARTICLE Active Participation: A Recommendation  Dr. Richard DeClue  Sacrosanctum Concilium famously said that "Mother Church earnestly desires that all the faithful should be led to that fully conscious, and active participation in liturgical celebrations which is demanded by the very nature of the liturgy." The liturgical year begins on the First Sunday of Advent, so around this time, it is praiseworthy to think about ways that one might enter more deeply into the liturgy. READ ARTICLE The Early Church Father's Understanding of Mary Dr. Richard DeClue December is a big month for Catholic devotion to Mary. It is certainly the case that from the earliest Apostolic Fathers (circa 100 A.D.) to the last of the great Greek Fathers (circa 800 A.D.), we encounter recognition that Mary has a special role in God's plan of salvation. READ ARTICLE St. Francis Xavier and Our Waning Zeal for Souls Fr. Billy Swan For St. Francis Xavier, to bring others to faith was not a chore but a joy. He believed that God had chosen him for this sacred work of mission and to be a bridge for people to enter the community of the Church. For Francis, not to evangelize would be to jeopardize the eternal salvation of others and place his own soul in mortal danger too.  READ ARTICLE See More Articles from Evangelization & Culture Online SEE MORE Word on Fire Catholic Ministries, PO Box 97330, Washington, DC 20090-7330, United States Manage Your Email Preferences .