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Their answers point toward an unexpected conclusion. In an age in which young people are often assumed to be primarily attracted by novelty, many of these Catholics are searching for depth, formation and continuity

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Message from Leo XIV to the Conference of Major Superiors of Men's Religious Orders in the United States

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The central question is therefore not simply whether Christianity can survive in the Holy Land. It is whether the international community will accept a future in which the ancient Christian communities of the region remain only as monuments, while the people who gave those places their living meaning are gradually forced to leave

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The Holy See Press Office issued a statement on Wednesday, July 22.

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The latest voice to enter this difficult territory is José Miguel Gaona, a Spanish forensic neuropsychiatrist whose recent book, Possession, is the result of five years of research and runs to almost 1,000 pages

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This may help explain why the study's conclusions are particularly relevant to the mental health of the young. Childhood and adolescence are not merely periods in which individuals acquire skills; they are also stages in which they seek a stable answer to the question of who they are and where they belong

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Vance's political career has made him one of the most prominent Catholic voices in American public life. His interpretation of the faith, however, is not simply a collection of political positions borrowed from Catholic language

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The new place of prayer dedicated to St. Joseph enriches the complex of the chapels of the nations with that of one of the countries most deeply rooted in the Catholic faith

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Among those killed was the village’s leader. The local said the Fulani planned to kill their leader, occupy the land for grazing, and establish an Islamic caliphate in the region.

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His disappearance comes as a newly published Global Persecution Index by International Christian Concern portrays Nicaragua as one of the countries where conditions for Christians have deteriorated most significantly.

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