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FDA approves new abortion pill (Daily Signal)
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has quietly approved the use of a new abortion pill. In September, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., the Secretary of the Health and Human Services, …
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Recognize the elderly as a gift, Pope urges (Vatican Press Office)
At an October 3 audience with participants in a conference on pastoral care for the elderly, Pope Leo XIV emphasized that “the elderly are a gift, a blessing to be …
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Recognize the elderly as a gift, Pope urges (Vatican Press Office)
At an October 3 audience with participants in a conference on pastoral care for the elderly, Pope Leo XIV emphasized that “the elderly are a gift, a blessing to be …
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Pontiff thanks Swiss Guard for service (Vatican Press Office)
Pope Leo XIV met on October 3 with members of the Swiss Guard, thanking them for “your dedication and your commitment.” In remarks addressed particularly to new recruits, who were …
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Friday of the Twenty-sixth Week in Ordinary Time
Reading 1 Baruch 1:15-22 During the Babylonian captivity, the exiles prayed: “Justice is with the Lord, our God; and we today are flushed with shame, we men of Judah and …
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Oct. 3 Friday of the Twenty-Sixth Week in Ordinary Time, Weekday
Today the Roman Martyrology includes in commemorations:
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The Fourth Order of Humanity
In this brief essay, Francis Thompson (1859-1907), perhaps best-known for his poem The Hound of Heaven (also available in Catholic Culture Audiobooks), here reflects whimsically on…dolls. Thompson’s parents were converts …
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Good developments from the U.S. Health and Human Services
Oswald Clark: In August and September, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services under HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., tackled four pro-life and pro-family issues: fetal tissue research, …
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Apple in China: The Capture of the World’s Greatest Company
Apple in China: The Capture of the World’s Greatest Company Patrick McGee (Scribner, $43, 437 pages) Journalist Patrick McGee reports in his book Apple in China, about how one of …
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After Stoicism: Last Words of the Last Roman Philosopher
After Stoicism: Last Words of the Last Roman Philosopher Thomas M. Ward (Word on Fire, $36, 201 pages) In recent years, there has been a growing interest in Stoicism, from …