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December 10, 2024

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Care for Creation

December 10, 2024

Keith Douglass Warner, OFM, PhD, is associate professor of ethics and spirituality at the Franciscan School of Theology in San Diego. He is a practical …

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US bishops join pope, other groups urging Biden to commute 40 death sentences

December 10, 2024
WASHINGTON (OSV News) — The U.S. bishops’ conference was among the groups that urged President Joe Biden on Dec. 9 to commute exiting federal death sentences before President-elect Donald Trump, who has sought to expand the use of capital punishment, ...
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Advent with the Saints: Monica

December 10, 2024
Advent is a season of waiting. The Scriptures fill us with hope, based on the promises of God.
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Prayer for Heavy Hearts

December 10, 2024
How often do we fail to entrust the future to God? How quickly do we worry about what we cannot control?
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Maternal Wisdom on the Mother Road

December 10, 2024
Perhaps the most iconic emblem of Americana is the nostalgic and, at one time, singularly essential stretch of highway known as Route 66. Known universally as the “Mother Road,” I often wondered how this namesake came to be. In bucket-list ...
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