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Fasting From Social Media to Combat Political Violence
As in 1863, our divided nation is badly in need of some help from above when it comes to addressing the plague of political violence. EDITORIAL: Since its earliest days, …
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Archdiocese of Atlanta launches online high school program
The Archdiocese of Atlanta is launching a fully online high school program, known as Sacred Heart Virtual Academy, designed to expand access to Catholic education throughout Georgia and beyond. Enrollment …
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Our Disintegrating Society
The latest assassination attempt on President Trump is shocking only in that it is no longer shocking. Every American should be alarmed at what happened at the White House Correspondent’s …
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The Unknown Classic Film About a Russian Iconographer You Should Know
Russian novels tend to be about as big and sprawling as that larger-than-life country itself: Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment, Tolstoy’s War and Peace, Goncharov’s Oblomov, Solzhenitsyn’s Cancer Ward, and the …
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Gamifying everything threatens our souls and our humanity
“There is something inherently dehumanizing about seeking to monetize every facet of life, every possible circumstantial outcome,” writes Daniel P. Horan.
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Reporter’s Notebook: A very literal reporter’s notebook from the pope’s trip through Africa
NCR’s Vatican correspondent Justin McLellan stuck to pen and paper to record his impressions of traveling through North and Central with Pope Leo XIV.
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Keep Jimmy Kimmel: Free speech matters
Jimmy Kimmel’s joke — “Mrs. Trump, you have a glow like an expectant widow” — was in bad taste. But the controversy surrounding it exposes a great deal of hypocrisy …
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Belarus frees priest, prominent journalist in a 10-person prisoner swap (AP)
Father Grzegorz Gawel, a Polish Carmelite friar imprisoned in Belarus, was among ten persons released in a ten-person prisoner exchange. Father Gawel was detained in 2025 on espionage charges, according …
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Priest attacked during Bangladesh parish robbery (The Daily Star (Dhaka))
A missionary priest in Bangladesh was attacked during the nighttime robbery of his parish in Dhaka, the nation’s capital and largest city. Father Subash Gomes, O.M.I., was hospitalized, and his …
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Minerva Dialogues build bridges between Vatican, Silicon Valley (The Atlantic)
The Minerva Dialogues, an annual meeting organized by the Dicastery for Culture and Education, have built bridges between the Church and Silicon Valley over the past decade, The Atlantic reported. …