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Bassem Mroue - Associated Press
The move raises questions whether the evacuation will be over before the observers arrive.
Nativity of John Baptist, 15 c, Hermitage
The Good Word
Elizabeth Kirkland Cahill
Sometimes we face a praying slump. We just feel...dry, unproductive, and empty.
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FaithThe Word
Michael Simone, S.J.
Mary kept all these things, reflecting on them in her heart (Lk 2:19)
"Rembrandt Dream of Joseph" (1645) photo: Wikimedia Commons
The Good Word
Elizabeth Kirkland Cahill
Often, God’s plan is underway well before we understand it.
FaithThe Good Word
Elizabeth Kirkland Cahill
There are many people who have gone before us, both in our biological and spiritual families, who have quietly and obscurely served God, loved others, and increased the amount of good in the world.
Pope saying grace with 8 homeless people on his 80th birthday. (L'Osservatore Romano)
FaithDispatches
Gerard O’Connell
Pope Francis celebrates his 80th birthday with the homeless and reflects on the wisdom of getting older.
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FaithColumns
James Martin, S.J.
Rome for me is a heady place where it’s easy to lose your spiritual bearings.
FaithThe Good Word
Terrance Klein
Whatever else the virgin birth may be, it doesn’t represent the domestication of the divine.
FaithThe Good Word
Elizabeth Kirkland Cahill
What, though, if we constructed a boundary between our time and God’s, and made time stop?
Senator Álvaro Uribe and President Juan Manuel Santos of Colombia meet with Pope Francis at the Vatican (Photo credit: L'Osservatore Romano)
Dispatches
Gerard O’Connell
This was only the second time in six years that President Santos and ex-President Uribe have met.
FaithThe Good Word
Elizabeth Kirkland Cahill
To submit to the baptism of John is to admit that we don’t always get it right, in a myriad of ways.
Arts & Culture
Eloise Blondiau
News that Springsteen has experienced mental health issues should not disappoint fans, but enrich how they understand a musical legend.
EspañolLa Palabra
Juan Luis Calderón
La respuesta de Dios en el Evangelio de este domingo se muestra dialogante, comprensiva, tolerante y misericordiosa. Dios nos hace colaboradores de su viña y, al ser parte del equipo, nos da explicaciones, razones y motivos. Nos hace copartícipe de su plan.
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Arts & CultureOf Other Things
Bill McGarvey
"Moonlight" is a heartbreaking meditation on suffering and the boundless ache for connection.
Pope Francis is pictured during a meeting with Uruguay's President Tabare Vazquez during a private audience at the Vatican on Dec. 2. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
Politics & SocietyNews
Carol Glatz - Catholic News Service
In a world marked by violence, "the choice of nonviolence as a style of life is increasingly demanded in the exercise of responsibility at every level," the pope said.
Politics & SocietyNews
Jonathan Luxmoore - OSV News
Government licenses and German arms exports had risen 96 percent in 2015 to a value of $13.6 billion, a priest said.
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Politics & SocietyNews
Maria Cheng - Associated Press
The new procedures are intended to fix problems linked to mitochondria, the energy-producing structures outside a cell's nucleus.
Politics & SocietyNews
Philip Issa - Associated Press
Syrian TV showed live footage of a long convoy of ambulances and green buses driving out of Aleppo.
Pope Francis accepts a birthday cake from chefs during his general audience in Paul VI hall at the Vatican Dec. 14. The pope will turn 80 Dec. 17. (CNS photo/L'Osservatore Romano, handout)
FaithIn All Things
Michael J. O’Loughlin
The pope is turning 80 this Saturday.