The Catholic Church enjoyed a bit of a renewed honeymoon with the global media after the May 21st announcement of the "synodal process 2021–2023." But the love fest lasted only about a week. It was ...

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Question: I grew up in a good Christian home, but somehow I took a wrong turn and now I'm in prison. I feel like I've betrayed Jesus (like Judas did) and I'm afraid God will never forgive me for what ...

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Before Easter arrives each spring, there is a period of time that the Church observes known as Lent. Throughout this time frame, Christians emphasize the importance of truly relying on God (instead of ...

Looking back at last week's episode of SYFY's Happy!, all of the symbolism of "Tallahassee" played out in each of our key players: Nick (Christopher Meloni), Happy (Patton Oswalt), Blue (Ritchie ...

Rep. Tim Burchett came clean on Monday about the Republican Party’s plan to address the national epidemic of school shootings. “We’re not going to fix it,” he told reporters. The Tennessee ...