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Pope Leo XIV offers message urging seminarians to be joyful

Saturday, June 28, 2025
ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV kicked off a weeklong celebration of Catholic clergy Tuesday by encouraging seminarians to be joyful and honest, offering an uplifting message after Pope Francis frequently castigated priests and decried what he called the sin of “clericalism.
Not one of us will ever be fully in control of our life or death

Not one of us will ever be fully in control of our life or death

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Not one of us will ever be fully in control of our life or death

Saturday, June 21, 2025
Liz Carr was accepting an award for her work on a BBC documentary of the same name. She’s an actress and a disability rights activist, who’s been using her platform to highlight the evils of legal medically assisted suicide, the topic of the documentary.
Americans are so awash in history, we can’t even keep track of it

Americans are so awash in history, we can’t even keep track of it

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Americans are so awash in history, we can’t even keep track of it

Saturday, June 14, 2025
Down by the Fraunces Tavern, the city doesn’t fully resemble the New York of St. Patrick’s Cathedral and the Empire State Building. Some of the New Yorkers among a group of “public intellectuals” had no recollection of being at the landmark before. George Washington had his farewell address here?
We live in something of a delusion when it comes to abortion

We live in something of a delusion when it comes to abortion

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We live in something of a delusion when it comes to abortion

Saturday, June 7, 2025
It’s been three years since the Supreme Court ended Roe v. Wade. Can we begin to start to talk about it?“What is she talking about?” you may be thinking. Where has she been?
God is love and all its implications: This can make life bearable

God is love and all its implications: This can make life bearable

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God is love and all its implications: This can make life bearable

Saturday, May 17, 2025
My favorite early fact about Pope Bob from Chicago comes from his talkative brother, John. Local reporters found John right away as the world met Pope Leo XIV.Fake news I may have repeated initially had the new pontiff as a Cubs fan.

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Netanyahu says Israel will establish new security corridor across Gaza

Saturday, April 5, 2025
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday that Israel is establishing a new security corridor across the Gaza Strip to pressure Hamas, suggesting it would cut off the southern city of Rafah, which Israel has ordered evacuated, from the rest of the Palestinian...

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Pope Francis pens letter to the editor while in Gemelli hospital

Saturday, March 22, 2025
(AP) — Pope Francis said in a letter published Tuesday that his lengthy illness has helped make “more lucid” to him the absurdity of war, as his top deputy rejected any suggestion of resignation and Buckingham Palace announced plans for an upcoming audience with Britain’s King Charles III.
Martin Marty was a religion influencer for many decades

Martin Marty was a religion influencer for many decades

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Martin Marty was a religion influencer for many decades

Saturday, March 8, 2025
For decades, religion-beat journalists in the mainstream press knew how to produce stories that would land on the front page.The formula was stated in jest, but there was truth in it. I heard this version in 1982: “Three local anecdotes, some national poll numbers and a quote from Martin Marty.