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A Beacon in a Time of Darkness

In the powerlessness of the Cross, José Luis found the power of love, the strength and courage to endure excruciating pain and to surrender his…

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Tolkien’s Insights into the Masculine Soul

Masculinity is good in itself, although as liable to corruption as femininity, and chivalry is the true fulfillment and perfection — not “correction” — of…

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Vatican official: AI content is flooding the media space

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Which aims at disarmament of Hamas, Israeli withdrawal

Bishop testifies for prosecution in ex-bishop’s trial

Australia: May be first such occasion in criminal abuse case

Judge allows abuse claimants to sue for parish assets

In Vermont diocesan bankruptcy case; $35M paid in past

Vatican official: AI content is flooding the media space

3,800 websites worldwide produce 'news' without humans

Cardinal compares, contrasts Christianity, Confucianism

First formal dialogue aims to build more harmonious world

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The Opening Prayer for the Eighteenth Sunday (A) in Ordinary Time asks that the Lord “may restore what you have…

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Dowsing: Fraud, Demons, or God?

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Back in the mid-1980s, while working as a resident field engineer for the City of San Diego, I was overseeing…

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On the Nuclear Fault Line

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Here in California, where there’s a good bit of dreaming, some dreams are nightmares. They feature earthquakes. The ill-starred San…

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