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What makes Stephen Colbert one of today’s best Catholic evangelists

As “The Late Show” comes to an end, Father James Martin writes that Stephen Colbert’s smarts, humor and experience of suffering make him one of the most effective public Catholics out there.

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Chartres pilgrimage for Latin Mass devotees grows as organizers warn against renewed divisions

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To protest or not to protest? Martin Sheen and discernment

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‘The Bear’ actress Liza Colón-Zayas’s spiritual journey—to agnosticism

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