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July 11, 2025

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Three Principles to Heal Division

July 11, 2025

Chloé Simone Valdary is a writer and entrepreneur whose company, Theory of Enchantment, teaches social and emotional learning, as well as diversity and inclusion in …

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The Gift of Faith

July 11, 2025
Sometimes we're discouraged by our lack of faith. We think we're doing something wrong or there is something wrong with us.
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Women attend Mass in Goma, Congo, July 8, 2025, following the June 15 Vatican beatification of Floribert Bwana Chui Bin Kositi. Blessed Kositi, a 26-year-old layman from Congo, was a member of the Congolese branch of the Community of Sant'Egidio, which called him "a martyr of corruption." Kidnapped July 7, 2007, after refusing a bribe, his body was discovered two days later with evident signs of torture. Blessed Kositi's remains were transferred from a public cemetery to a cathedral in Congo's eastern city of Goma during a special Mass. (OSV News photo/Arlette Bashizi, Reuters)

Congolese Catholics honor their beatified martyr of ‘integrity and honesty’

July 11, 2025
Hundreds of Catholics in Congo gave thanks for the recent Rome beatification of Floribert Bwana Chui Bin Kositi, a customs official who was killed and tortured for refusing a bribe.
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