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Catholic Liberal Arts Colleges Face the AI Test

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AI Has No Soul — and Never Will

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Inside the Cloister: Discovering the ‘Joy Within His House’

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Bethlehem Lights Christmas Tree Again While Conflict Still Echoes Nearby

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Pharaoh’s Hardened Heart Meets God’s First Sign

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Part of Our Lady of Guadalupe’s First Chapel Still Stands 500 Years Later

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President Trump issues message for feast of Immaculate Conception (White House)

President Donald Trump issued a message yesterday for the feast of the Immaculate Conception.

“Today, I recognize every American celebrating December 8 as a Holy Day honoring the faith, humility, and love of Mary, mother of Jesus and one of the greatest figures in the Bible,” the message began. “On the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, Catholics celebrate what they believe to be Mary’s freedom from original sin as the mother of God.”

“Today, we look to Mary once again for inspiration and encouragement as we pray for an end to war and for a new and lasting era of peace, prosperity, and harmony in Europe and throughout the world,” the president added.

100 abducted Nigerian children freed (Aid to the Church in Need)

One hundred of the 315 students and teachers abducted from a Catholic school in Nigeria last month have been freed, Bishop Bulus Dauwa Yohanna of Kontagora told Aid to the Church in Need.

Earlier, 50 of the kidnapped victims had escaped.