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Online Wills Can Get You Killed (or Worse)
“I think I killed my wife.” Minutes into our first meeting, my new client, John, broke down sobbing. His adult daughter, Tess, tried in vain to comfort him, quietly leaning …
Month: October 2026
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AFRICA/ETHIOPIA – Tigray, the Eparch of Adigrat raises alarm: “We are completely isolated; humanitarian access is urgently needed”
Adigrat – “It is extremely urgent to facilitate humanitarian access, dialogue for peace and every form of dialogue. We are completely isolated, communications are blocked, and we have no contact …
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St. Francis teaches us about death, 800 years after his own
Just as God loves us and sustains us in this earthly, bodily life, so too does God love us and sustain us as we transition from this state of life …
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For nuns in war-torn Cameroon, conflict threatens hard-won climate solutions
As COP31 approaches, Catholic sisters’ struggling biogas initiatives at the Monastery of St. Dominic in Cameroon reveal the fragility of grassroots climate action in communities strained by war and poverty.
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In New York, LGBTQ Catholic pilgrims connect to a history of HIV/AIDS, perseverance
For three days, LGBTQ Catholics, clergy, religious, family members and others walked through New York City as pilgrims, tracing a history marked by suffering, ministry, exclusion and perseverance.
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What massive crowds for Pope Leo in France say about the future of AI
Being around other people, as opposed to the isolation inherent in AI encounters, seems to be appealing given the upheaval in the world. Leo’s message seems to be reaching Catholics …
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Oct. 1 Memorial of St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus, Virgin and Doctor of the Church, Memorial
Today is the Memorial of St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face (1873-1897), more popularly known as “the Little Flower.” Although just an obscure cloistered Carmelite nun, …