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November 25, 2023

Concerns for Pope’s health as audiences cancelled: Vatican says no cause for alarm

November 25, 2023

ROME – On Saturday the Vatican announced that Pope Francis had cancelled his meetings for the day due to a “slight flu-like condition,” and later added that he had visited Rome’s Gemelli Hospital for a CAT scan to rule out pneumonia. The Pope’s calendar for Saturday was supposed to include a meeting with Umaro Sissoco

Supporting the work of Pro Terra Sancta in the Holy Land: rebuilding with living stones

November 25, 2023

The conflict in Israel/Palestine has taken a terrible toll in human life, but also in human livelihoods. The collapse in the local economy is less gut-wrenching than the fate of Hamas hostages and the victims of the bombardments, but it’s important nonetheless. Whereas formerly Palestinians living in Jerusalem and the Occupied Territories could make a

The Fallacy of Success: GK Chesterton

November 25, 2023

This is an excerpt from former Catholic Herald writer GK Chesterton’s 1909 book “All Things Considered”. There has appeared in our time a particular class of books and articles which I sincerely and solemnly think may be called the silliest ever known among men. They are much more wild than the wildest romances of chivalry and much more