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Terrence P. Ehrman
If the students are to learn what creation is, they should be out in it.
Injured people are seen at the scene of explosions at Zaventem airport near Brussels March 22. (CNS photo/Reuters, handout)
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Cindy Wooden - Catholic News Service
The pope "entrusts to God's mercy those who died and, in prayer, he shares the pain of their loved ones," the message said.
Demonstrators take to the street on during an anti Donald Trump protest, Saturday, March 19, 2016, in New York. Several hundred demonstrators gathered in New York City to protest Republican presidential hopeful Trump (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer).
In All Things
Raymond A. Schroth, S.J.
I consider myself as strongly anti-Trump, but some of the cheering at a recent protest turned me off.
St. Simplicianus of Milan
In All Things
Edward W. Schmidt, S.J.
The first days of Holy Week are for getting ready, asking questions, considering possibilities.
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Lorne Cook - Associated PressJohn-Thor Dahlburg - Associated Press
"In this time of tragedy, this black moment for our country, I appeal to everyone to remain calm but also to show solidarity."
A woman prays on a hill with wooden crosses after a procession celebrating Palm Sunday in Oshmiany, Belarus, March 20. (CNS photo/Vasily Fedosenko, Reuters)
Dispatches
David Stewart
Evil, and what looked like its triumph, was what surrounded Jesus in that first Holy Week.
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton waves as she arrives to speak at the 2016 American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) Policy Conference, March 21, 2016, at the Verizon Center in Washington (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik).
In All Things
Margot Patterson
Prominent U.S. politicians are flocking to genuflect before the powerful lobbying association.
Pope Francis arrives in procession to celebrate Palm Sunday Mass in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, March 20 (CNS photo/Paul Haring).
Pope Francis Homilies
Vatican Radio
Even "at the height of His annihilation, He reveals the true face of God, which is mercy."
Margaret Rose of Kolkata, India, prays before a statue of Blessed Teresa at the headquarters of the Missionaries of Charity March 18. (CNS photo/Saadia Azim)
FaithNews
Saadia Azim - Catholic News Service
"I owe my life to her. Her touch was magical, and I live till today only because of that saintly magic."
Arts & CultureDispatches
Jim McDermott
“Daredevil” talks about religion in a way that feels authentic—yet remains inviting to those who don't share our beliefs.
"Am I the first to the Trump rally?" (Image from 1951's "Ace in the Hole," aka "The Big Carnival")
(Un)Conventional Wisdom
Robert David Sullivan
A cynical Billy Wilder movie captures the 2016 campaign.
In All Things
Ashley McKinless
Today Twitter turns 10.
Photo by Kevin Clarke
In All Things
Matt Malone, S.J.
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Dispatches
Gerard O’Connell
Just as nobody wanted to take responsibility for the fate of Jesus, the same is true today in regard to refugees.
In All Things
Edward W. Schmidt, S.J.
The sight was incredible: Thousands of young people rushing—with polite determination—to get inside the church.
New Archbishop Peter B. Wells, a native of Tulsa, Oklahoma, right, smiles during his ordination to the episcopate by Pope Francis in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, March 19.
Pope Francis Homilies
Vatican Radio
Pope Francis called on bishops to really look at the faithful—not obliquely, but looking them in the eye, so they can see them with the heart.
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Fredrick Nzwili - Religion News Service
Linked to extreme El Nino weather conditions, the drought has hit countries such as Somalia, Ethiopia, Kenya, South Sudan, Malawi and Zimbabwe.
Saint Joseph, tenderly holding the Child Jesus near his heart
In All Things
Joseph McAuley
St Joseph the loving spouse of Mary and the foster father of Jesus is honored with a Feast Day on March 19th two days after the great feast of the Apostle of Ireland St Patrick It seems not only unfortunate but unfair to have the two great feasts of two great saints so close together Each y
Volunteers stack water bottles in Lansing, Mich., Feb. 15. (CNS photo/courtesy FAITH Catholic)
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Mark Pattison - Catholic News Service
"Because a lot of our people aren't documented, it was the straw that broke the camel's back. They weren't giving people water because they didn't have driver's licenses."
Ethiopian Orthodox Christians light candles and pray during the Holy Fire ceremony in Jerusalem's Church of the Holy Sepulcher in this April 19, 2014, file photo. (CNS photo/Abir Sultan, EPA)
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Judith Sudilovsky - Catholic News Service
The Holy Fire ceremony has become a point of contention over the past 10 years between the Israeli police and local Christians.