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Meta's Woes Continue: $25B Privacy Penalty Largest Yet

Meta faces a $25 billion penalty over privacy deception claims. Learn the lawsuit details, history, and Catholic perspective.

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Crabs in a Bucket: Why Evangelicalism Won’t Let You Leave

Evangelicalism doesn’t need a lid. Like crabs in a bucket, the faithful drag back anyone who doubts, heals, or leaves. A former pastor on how the trap works.

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10% or 38%? Counting Hindu - American Interfaith Marriages

Pew found 90% of married Hindus had Hindu spouses. A wedding registry study found 38% out-group pairings. Here’s why those numbers aren’t rivals.

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The Dating Recession: Why 70% of Singles Aren't Dating

A major new study reveals roughly 70% of singles who want marriage aren't actively dating. Discover what’s driving the "dating recession" and how to overcome it.

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Prayer for the Earth, to the Earth

A lyrical prayer for the Earth to praise the Creator, lament human destruction, and call us into the sacred work of repair and restoration.

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An Insightful Look at Age-Gap Relationships in Scripture

Curious about age-gap relationships? Guess what: they are found in Scripture! Read on to learn about levirate marriage and marital age gaps.

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Idaho's Firing Squad $1.2 Million Lie is Seducing a Nation

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Jesus Didn’t Come to Fix the World

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Rejecting Mammon In The Defense Of Animals And Nature

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The Parable of the Ten Virgins and the Passport

What Lauryn Hill’s “Everything” Says About Faith and Hip...

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Other Mommy: Jump Scares for None

The Incarnation And The Christian Use Of Images

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Why I Choose the Eucharist Over the Sermon

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Principles for Understanding the Apostolic Ministry Today

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Did Ethiopia Steal The Arks of The Covenant?

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Reflections on the Attempted Revolution in France

King St. Stephen of Hungary

Egyptian Ark of The Covenant?

Violence and the Sacred

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"America's Most Neighborly City"? It's not in Switzerland

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Personal Evangelization: Your Faith Story Matters

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Do You Really Know Your Catholic Faith?

A Saint I Almost Dismissed

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Becoming Who God Created You to Be Through Change

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