The Church prays for the dead, and this prayer says much about the reality of the Church itself. It says that the Church continues to live in the hope of eternal life. Prayer for the dead is almost a ...

St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle. Be our defense against the wickedness and snares of the Devil. May God rebuke him, we humbly pray, and do thou, O Prince of the heavenly hosts, by the ...

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The firings, part of a nationwide effort, felt “like a Monday afternoon massacre,” said one judge who lost her job last month. By Ana Ley Starbucks agreed to the settlement after failing to give ...

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The playwright offered a kind of on-ramp to the literary canon, a way into a life of unabashed, unstoppable thinking. The Department of Health and Human Services maintains that it is hewing to “gold ...

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