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The Theology of Presence
Teresa Bayer spends time with the Simpson kids. The two families have forged a tight-knit friendship. COMMENTARY: It’s as old as the Visitation, and we should learn to practice it.
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June consistory of cardinals will address synod, war, artificial intelligence
The gathering will function as “a space for mutual listening, discernment, and shared exploration of certain issue,” Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re said. St. Peter’s Basilica. | Credit: cinemavision/Shutterstock Several working …
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June consistory of cardinals will address synod, war, artificial intelligence
Several working sessions and four themes ranging from war to synodality are planned for the next consistory convened by Pope Leo XIV. From reflection on the international situation to a …
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Leading Italian prelate deplores gruesome murder of migrants (CWN)
The vice president of the Italian Episcopal Conference deplored the gruesome murder of four migrants from Afghanistan and Pakistan who were working in slave-like conditions in Amendolara, a small town …
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U.S. environment czar denies knowing abortion pill harms
Oswald Clark, U.S. Correspondent: On May 13, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin told a U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee hearing that he did not know anything about abortion-related contaminants …
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Selected Letters of John Updike
Selected Letters of John Updike:Edited by James Schiff (Penguin Random House, $73, 912 pages) John Updike is perhaps the preeminent example of what is called a man of letters – …
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Modern Monsters: Political Ideologies and Their War against the Catholic Church
Modern Monsters: Political Ideologues and Their War against the Catholic Church:George Marlin (St. Augustine’s Press, $45.50, 227 pages) Version 1.0.0 George Marlin, chairman of Aid to the Church in Need-USA, …
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Indiana, Tennessee declare June to be Nuclear Family Month (CWN)
Indiana and Tennessee have designated June as Nuclear Family Month—one by gubernatorial proclamation, the other following legislative votes.
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Vatican newspaper highlights Qaraqosh’s post-ISIS rebirth (CWN)
In a prominent front-page article in its June 3 edition, the Vatican newspaper highlighted the revival of Qaraqosh, an Iraqi Christian city occupied by the Islamic State in Iraq and …
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Mexican bishop: Lack of mature faith leads Catholics to fall into esotericism
Mexicoʼs bishops have a established a new pastoral ministry to meet the growing need of people experiencing spiritual, moral, and physical suffering, which could also be of malevolent origin. Praying …