The final season of “BoJack Horseman” gives many of its characters endings about as happy as they can manage.
Health and Wellness
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Excerpts from the prayer life of a cancer patient
I have stopped praying for years at a time. I started praying again not because I think God wants me to but because prayer turns me into one kind of person and no prayer turns me into a different kind of person.
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As coronavirus spreads, churches outside China take preventive measures
Diocesan guidelines included cleaning directions — including microphones used by lectors — and instructed people to bow their heads instead of shaking hands during the sign of peace.
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Some Chinese churches suspend activities because of coronavirus
A Catholic layman in Hebei, identified only as Paul, said he was “worried that the authorities would use this to crack down on the church.”
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My depression made going to Mass hard. I learned to show up anyway.
I know how difficult going to Mass can be. But I also know I feel worse when I stay home.
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What it’s like to have cerebral palsy at Mass
“Let us join hands and pray as the Lord taught us.” That sentence should not cause me dread—but it does.
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A Catholic Sister learns to serve people with AIDS
In the fifth episode of “Plague,” Mike visits the small Midwestern city of Belleville, Illinois, where a Catholic Sister broke ground in the 1980s by opening an organization to provide services for people living with HIV and AIDS.
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After a health scare, I learned my heart is strong—but now I’m worried about my faith.
Just as I took care to exercise physically for the endurance of my heart, I needed to break a spiritual sweat for the good of my soul.
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A gay Catholic Church in the Castro
Learn more at www.americamag.org/plague.
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My son was diagnosed with Down syndrome at birth. Not knowing earlier was a blessing.
We did not undergo the prenatal testing that can identify the condition when I was pregnant with Dylan. We knew that the results would not change anything, and our doctor was fine with our decision.