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The grave violation of just war doctrine — the hacking pagers of Hezbollah fighters and detonating them remotely — was appropriately condemned by His Beatitude, the Maronite Patriarch of Antioch, Cardinal Bechara Boutros al-Rahi (statement quoted below). In a particularly … Continue reading → The post Maronite Patriarch of Antioch Condemns Israeli Terrorism in Lebanon…

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VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The 87-year-old Pope Francis publicly thanked God for allowing him “to do as an old pope what I would have liked to do as a young Jesuit,” and that is to travel to Asia to preach the Gospel. As is customary, the pope used his first general audience after his Sept….

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Reading 1 1 COR 15:1-11 I am reminding you, brothers and sisters,of the Gospel I preached to you,which you indeed received and in which you also stand.Through it you are also being saved,if you hold fast to the word I preached to you,unless you believed in vain.For I handed on to you as of first…

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For twenty-five years the Lord has sent me people who are wounded and broken. All of them had been abused in some way—with the exception of my time serving grieving family members as a 9/11 relief worker. Each of these people He sent me needed to be restored. They needed to be shown that they…

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“I had studied Ratzinger’s writings in advance and especially his diagnoses of the times.  And I was somewhat stunned to see that Ratzinger’s analyses of the development of society had been largely confirmed.  In addition, none of the contemporary witnesses I interviewed, fellow students, assistants, companions, who really knew Ratzinger, could confirm the image of…

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(LifeSiteNews/Frank Wright) — What – and who – [are] behind the explosive growth of the “trans” phenomenon? A new book by Jennifer Bilek secures her reputation as the foremost critic of transgenderism, which she terms “a glamorous ad campaign generated by elites, … Continue reading → The post Progressive Feminist Devastatingly Exposes Sick Elites Behind ‘Trans’ Movement…

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St. Januarius was born in Italy and was bishop of Benevento during the Emperor Diocletion persecution. Bishop Januarius went to visit two deacons and two laymen in prison. He was then also imprison along with his deacon and lector. They were thrown to the wild beasts, but when the animals did not attack them, they…

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(CNA/Tyler Arnold) — Senate Republicans blocked a bill on Tuesday that would have forced insurance companies to cover in vitro fertilization (IVF) and would have created an unrestricted right to the procedure — yet many in the party continue to support other … Continue reading → The post Senate Republicans block unrestricted IVF insurance mandate but still…

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VATICAN CITY (CNS) — To fully experience love and hope, young people must approach the journey of life as pilgrims and not just sightseers seeking the perfect selfie, Pope Francis said. “Do not be like superficial sightseers, blind to the beauty around you, never discovering the meaning of the roads you take, interested only in…

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When I was a little boy, my uncle once told me about his chance encounter with former NBA Basketball star, Michael Jordan—my childhood hero. While interviewing for a job at a Cleveland hotel, my uncle ran into Jordan in a parking garage elevator of all places. As Jordan left the elevator, my uncle said, “Good…

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