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Nuns fret not at their convent’s narrow room; And hermits are contented with their cells; And students with their pensive citadels; Maids at the wheel, the weaver at his loom,
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In a meeting with Emeritus Pope Benedict, Pope Francis was given files about Vatican corruption. In his new autobiography, Hope, it’s clear the pope has not attacked the sources of
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The Vatican City State has toughened sanctions for those who try to illegally enter its territory in areas where free access is not allowed. In a decree issued last month
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At the beginning of Pope Francis’s papacy, his predecessor handed him a large white box stuffed with confidential documents relating to the “most difficult and painful situations” involving the Vatican,
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Jesus began his public ministry at the lowest place on earth so we may ascend to the Father. His baptism took place in the Jordan River, in a valley east
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“Among mortals, second thoughts are wiser,” wrote Euripides famously. Our first thought when someone suffers a loss should simply be condolence; followed by silence and a prayer. But then inevitably
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The Presidential Medal of Freedom was established under President John F. Kennedy, but he was assassinated before he had the opportunity to bestow the medals upon the 31 members of
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The new year has seen the Nicaraguan dictatorship cancel the legal personhood of 15 nonprofit organizations, adding to the more than 5,400 nongovernmental organizations shut down since 2018 by the
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The episcopal conference spoke after worldwide reporting on its norms last week claimed that Italy’s bishops had taken steps toward the priestly ordination of men who identify as gay and
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A Monk ther was, a fair for the maistrie, An outridere, that lovede venerie; A manly man, to been an abbot able. Ful many a deyntee hors hadde he in
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