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Archbishop of the U.S. military says Catholic soldiers should not serve on firing squad
Archbishop Timothy Broglio, who oversees the Catholic Church’s pastoral services to Catholics in the U.S. military, is condemning the proposed livestream of the firing squad execution of Nidal Hasan.
We need Christian revival, not socialist revolution
The news from France last week was not lacking for images of insanity.
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2023 Pentagon memo sounded ‘religious liberty concerns’ with Biden admin’s gender identity policies
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What 1,000 years of golden roses tell us about popes’ authority and influence, from Leo IX to Leo XI
Almost every ceremonial object or ornament of the medieval papal monarchy has disappeared or lost its original purpose. Yet one survives: the golden rose.
Columbus’ own writings reveal how tightly religion and conquest were intertwined from the start
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Jim Bakker, who lost his ‘PTL Club’ televangelism empire in sex and money scandals, dies at 86
Jim Bakker, who along with his first wife Tammy Faye built an evangelical empire around the hugely successful "The PTL Club" TV show, only to lose it all over a sex scandal and financial crimes, has died. He was 86.
