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We Are What We Do
Just as God is known through the uncreated energies (that is, the divine activity), revealing...
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What we do in life is important. The way we live, the way we treat...
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The Dangers Coming From the 2021 USCCB General Assembly
There is trouble brewing in the Catholic Church in the United States. Priests and bishops...
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Tolkien, like his friend C.S. Lewis, contemplated the notion of “unfallen” beings living in a...
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Reason, Arguments, And Truth
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Thirst for Righteousness
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