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Through the desert, back to the Tree of Life
Readings: • Gen 2:7-9; 3:1-7 • Ps 51:3-4, 5-6, 12-13, 17 • Rom 5:12-19 or 5:12, 17-19 • Mt 4:1-11 Several years ago, I was at dinner with a group …
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Delight in the simple, abundant gifts all around you
Could it be that this was what God was asking of me: to take stock in the simple, abundant gifts all around me, delight in them like a child and …
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The enduring beauty and message of ‘Champagne,’ a short film that challenges the heart
Simoa Barros writes on a lesser-known animated flick from the late Michael Sporn that tells of a young Black girl who navigates her world in living color.
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New book on trans athletes emphasizes human dignity
Fair Game offers a striking account of the hostile political climate fueled by scapegoating and misinformation, and counters it with the substantial body of evidence showing that transgender inclusion strengthens …
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‘Midwinter Break’ portrays the complicated beauty in the sacrament of marriage
“Midwinter Break,” based on the novel of the same title, is a quiet film about a long marriage between a Catholic woman and secular man, where love and tension both …
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U.S. bishops condemn detention mega‑centers as ‘deeply troubling’ plan
Catholic bishops are expressing opposition to a planned increase in migrant detention capacity. View of a warehouse that may become a detention center in Roxbury, New Jersey, on Feb. 16, …
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Former Google exec talks AI, Bible, conversion at Catholic business summit
Vic Gundotra, former senior vice president of Google and a Catholic convert, shared about how AI, the Bible, and his faith at a recent Catholic business leadership conference. Vic Gundotra …
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‘He was never fed up with it’: Scholars honor Benedict XVI’s fight for Europe
At the German Embassy to the Holy See, scholars honored Benedict XVI’s vision for Europe including the late pontiff’s warning that Europe cannot survive without its Christian roots. Scholars gathered …
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Saturday after Ash Wednesday
R. (11ab) Teach me your way, O Lord, that I may walk in your truth.Incline your ear, O LORD; answer me,for I am afflicted and poor.Keep my life, for I …
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St. Peter Damian—Nobody can fight properly and boldly for the faith …
Nobody can fight properly and boldly for the faith if he clings to a fear of being stripped of earthly possessions. — St. Peter Damian