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Restless Wandering or Resting in God
A few years before Peter Jackson’s film adaptation of The Fellowship of the Ring came out, I read the whole trilogy for the first time. Many striking aphorisms stuck with …
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AFRICA/NIGERIA – Father Bobbo Paschal released after two months in the hands of his kidnappers
Abuja – After two months in prison, Father Bobbo Paschal, parish priest of St. Stephen’s Parish Church in the Kushe Gudgu Kagarko Local Government Area , of Kaduna State , …
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St. Canutus, King of Denmark
St. Canutus, King of Denmark Feast date: Jan 19 Saint Canutus, King of Denmark, succeeded his elder brother Harold on the throne of Denmark in the year 1080. He began …
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Discovering Who My Uncle Really Was
WH_Pics‘Rosary’ COMMENTARY: A childhood portrait of a difficult man gives way, years later, to the discovery of faith, sacrifice and a heart shaped by grief.
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The nuns who witnessed the life and death of Martin Luther King Jr.
Sister Mary Antona Ebo was the only Black Catholic nun who marched with civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. in Selma, Alabama, in 1965. We March with Selma event. …
The nuns who witnessed the life and death of Martin Luther King Jr.
We March with Selma event. | Credit: Via Flickr CC BY NC 2.0 Jan 19, 2026 / 04:00 am (CNA). Sister Mary Antona Ebo was the only Black Catholic nun …
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Podcast: Civil rights icon Andrew J. Young remembers Civil Rights Movement
On this week’s episode of “The Nonviolent Jesus Podcast,” John Dear speaks with civil rights legend the Rev. Andrew J. Young to mark the Dr. Martin Luther King holiday.
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John Carr’s retirement party is one party you don’t want to miss!
The retirement of a self-described “church bureaucrat” isn’t the kind of thing that would normally warrant much in the way of commentary. But when the bureaucrat in question is John …
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Presentation Sisters in Zambia enhance public health with clean water
The Sisters of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary’s efforts in sinking wells and installing water pumps have been instrumental in improving access to clean water and raising living …
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Arthur Brooks at SEEK 2026: ‘Your Job Isn’t to Win Arguments, It’s to Win a Soul’…
New York Times bestselling author and Harvard professor Arthur Brooks encouraged attendees at SEEK 2026 to resist the temptation as missionaries to “fight fire with fire.” In his Jan. 4 …