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Oscar Wilde’s Escape from the Culture of Death
“We are all in the gutter,” says Lord Darlington in Oscar Wilde’s play, Lady Windermere’s Fan, “but some of us are looking at the stars.” These words, spoken by a …
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Job Revisited
Why must the wicked always appear to be prospering, while the virtuous are left to miscarry? Not a new question, to be sure, an unnamed Hebrew poet having taken up …
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My visit with the relics of the ‘Sacred Heart’ nun felt like a divine encounter
Maureen O’Brien describes her experience of praying with the relics of St. Margaret Mary Alacoque.
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For post-election season, 2 new Catholic books tackle polarization
In a time of global unrest, the church has an opportunity to model connection and dialogue. Toward a More Perfect Communion and An Inspired Word in Season offer suggestions.
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She almost became a nun. Now her voice fills the Metropolitan Opera.
Internationally recognized opera star Saioa Hernández speaks with NCR on vocation, discernment and practicing faith in the public eye.
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Pope, in Uruguay, calls for prayer, fasting for vocations (CWN)
Pope Leo XIV concluded the first day of his apostolic journey to three South American nations (program) with the celebration of Vespers (video) in the Metropolitan Cathedral in Montevideo, Uruguay’s …
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Supreme Court Likely to Uphold Religious Freedom in Education in Colorado
On November 3, 2026, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in St. Mary Catholic Parish, Littleton, Colorado v. Roy, a case with potentially far-reaching implications for the First Amendment right …
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Public authority should serve the common good and protect the unborn, Pope says in Uruguay (CWN)
Following a flight of over 13 hours from Rome, Pope Leo XIV arrived on November 6 at Carrasco International Airport in Montevideo, Uruguay’s capital, where he was welcomed by civil …
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Nov. 7 Saturday of the Thirty-First Week in Ordinary Time, Weekday
The month of November is dedicated to the Souls in Purgatory. We as the living so often soon forget the dead. We forget when we live, we are forgotten when …
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Charlotte seminarian numbers decline for 3rd consecutive year (CWN)
The number of seminarians in a North Carolina diocese has declined by 19.6% since 2023-24, according to a brochure included with a new fundraising letter written by the diocese’s bishop.