The tomb is empty and that is not nothing
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The tomb is empty and that is not nothing

John Singarayar, SVD My grandfather kept a small wooden cross above his bed his entire…

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Israeli government U-turns after outrage over blocking of holy site access in Jerusalem
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Israeli government U-turns after outrage over blocking of holy site access in Jerusalem

(OSV News): Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, quickly reversed a controversial police action on March…

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Israeli authorities halt Palm Sunday Mass at Jerusalem’s holiest site
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Israeli authorities halt Palm Sunday Mass at Jerusalem’s holiest site

(OSV News): Pierbattista Cardinal Pizzaballa, the Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, and Franciscan Father Francesco Ielpo,…

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Learning to love, slowly
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Learning to love, slowly

John Singarayar, SVD Lent arrives quietly—ashes on foreheads, habits interrupted, the world slowing down just…

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In and for China: Father Vincent Lebbe
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In and for China: Father Vincent Lebbe

Father Vincent Lebbe [1877–1940], known in Chinese as Lei Mingyuan [雷鳴遠]—literally, “thunder that makes his…

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