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September 2, 2025

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Pray, Hope, and Don’t Worry

September 2, 2025

Recognize, Reframe, Repeat: three Rs to help you deal with your daily anxiety.

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When You Feel Behind

September 2, 2025
There’s always someone ahead of us, isn’t there? But God is not checking a stopwatch. He walks with us at the speed of love, not comparison.
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Pope Leo XIV holds the St. Augustine Medal, which was presented to him by Augustinian Father Robert P. Hagan, prior of the order's U.S. Province of St. Thomas of Villanova, during a meeting July 18, 2025, at Villa Barberini in Castel Gandolfo, Italy. The pope recorded a video message of thanks, which was played in Philadelphia Aug. 28, 2025. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Pope talks about what Saint Augustine has taught him

September 2, 2025
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — “So much of who I am I owe to the spirit and the teachings of Saint Augustine,” Pope Leo XIV told his Augustinian confreres and their benefactors who were celebrating the saint’s feast day in Philadelphia. As Cardinal ...
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