October 31, 2023

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Focus on What’s Essential

Joseph Grant October 31, 2023

Let neither fear nor preoccupation keep you from being touched by wonderfully wounded life.

Reflect Every October, the colors orange and black seem to be ubiquitous. Images of skeletons and black cats pop up in stores and on neighbors’ front yards. Maybe you watch a scary movie, carve a pumpkin, or just vicariously soak ...

A child is near a sign that says "Pace," peace in Italian, as visitors gather to pray the Angelus with Pope Francis in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican Oct. 29, 2023. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)

As world prays for peace in Holy Land, Israeli-Hamas war intensifies

OSV News October 31, 2023

As the world prayed for peace in the Holy Land Oct. 27, Pope Francis called for the war to halt and prayers to continue during the Angelus Oct. 29, as death toll in Gaza passed 8,000 and Israeli troops gradually ...

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