Alex Karp, the CEO of Palantir, has purchased St. Benedict’s Monastery in the Elk Mountains, where a group of Trappist monks lived and worked for decades.
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When ‘thy will be done’ means saying goodbye to someone you love
To ask God’s will to be done was to agree to lose my Nonny. But I forced myself to say it anyway.
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We are expecting too much from the Lindsay Clancy trial
True justice cannot be handed down by a jury.
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How one Little League umpire cultivates faith on the field
Amid the pressure-packed culture of competition in youth sports, my Catholic faith helps me to be humble, forgiving and joyful.
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The haunted legacy of a historic Jesuit community
Drexel Hall—the oldest building on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation—is being gutted and rebuilt. But the community it housed lives on.
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Dolly Parton is in heaven
Today heaven is more musical. Today heaven is more generous. Today heaven is like a family reunion.
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Priests are wearing cassocks again. Should you care?
Who is letting other people’s clothing choice get so deeply under their skin? You? People you know? This author?
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Why I protest against ICE—even when it feels hopeless
The lying, the secrecy, the racist comments about Haitians from political leaders have motivated people to protest this morning. But what good will we do?
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Mary of the Ashes, Pray for Us
When the wildfires swept through Spokane, I found a new devotion to Mary.
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Fulton Sheen Bet on America. Some Catholics Want to Call It Off.
Fulton Sheen saw America as fertile ground for Catholicism. The offer still stands.