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Single doesn’t mean being lonely or alone
More and more Americans are choosing to be single.mimagephotography/Shutterstock.comAs the holidays transition to the New Year, singles may face questions from friends and family: “When are you getting...
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What Catholics can learn from protests of the past
A woman holds up a quilt with photos of people who say they were abused as children by priests, in San Diego, 2007.AP Photo/Denis PoroyPope Francis started the new year criticizing some Catholic...
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Remembering American saint Elizabeth Seton's legacy and how it continues to...
Elizabeth Ann Seton shrine.Pam Broviak, CC BY-NC-NDJanuary marks the feast of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton. Born in New York City in 1774, Seton became the first person born in what would soon become the...
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3 ways to be smart on social media
A smarter use of social media can improve your sense of well-being.Rawpixel.com/Shutterstock.comThis past year, many people deleted their social media accounts following revelations about privacy...
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Change your phone settings so Apple, Google can't track your movements
Your phone tracks your movements all the time.grapestock/Shutterstock.comTechnology companies have been pummeled by revelations about how poorly they protect their customers’ personal information,...
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Why do Muslim women wear a hijab?
For many Muslim women, a hijab is a way of expressing resistance.AP Photo/Robert F. BukatyNazma Khan, who immigrated to the United States from Bangladesh at age 11, faced years of shaming over wearing...
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Trump's reference to Wounded Knee evokes the dark history of suppression of...
Wounded Knee Memorial at Wounded Knee, South Dakota.AP Photo/Russell ContrerasPresident Trump evoked the Wounded Knee massacre in a recent tweet. He was reacting to an Instagram video that Sen....
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What a 16th-century mystic can teach us about making good decisions
Sculpture of St. Ignatius of Loyola, founder of the Jesuit order, on the campus of Boston College.Jay Yuan/Shutterstock.comDecision-making is a complex process. As individuals, working through our...
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Howard Thurman – the Baptist minister who had a deep influence on MLK
Thurman taught King Jr. that spiritual cultivation was necessary to take on the intense work of social activism.AP File PhotoFor most African-Americans who grew up with the legacy of segregation and...
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How to show gratitude to TSA workers
Food donated for TSA workers who continue to work without pay.AP Photo/Keith SrakocicTSA workers are usually among the least-liked government employees. But these days many travelers passing through...
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How will generations that didn't experience the Holocaust remember it?
Childhood Holocaust survivors Simon Gronowski and Alice Gerstel Weit touring the Los Angeles Holocaust Museum.AP Photo/Reed SaxonThe Soviet Red Army liberated the most notorious of the Nazi death...
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What are Muslim prayer rugs?
Muslims can pray anywhere in the world using the prayer carpet.AP Photo/Damian DovarganesIn a recent tweet, President Trump stated that ranchers have been finding prayer rugs scattered along the...
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Teaching hope during the 2020 campaign season
Educators can use story-telling to make students more politically aware.Rido/Shutterstock.comThe 2020 presidential election campaign has already started.Election campaigns inspire hope, but they can...
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How Howard Thurman met Gandhi and brought nonviolence to the civil rights...
Howard Thurman's image on Howard University chapel's stained glass window.Fourandsixty from Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SADirector Martin Doblmeier’s new documentary, “Backs Against the Wall: The Howard...
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Bible reading in public schools has been a divisive issue – and this old...
A Bible class at a Georgia high school in 2011.AP Photo/David GoldmanOfficials in six states, including populous ones such as Virginia and Florida, are considering bills permitting the study of the...
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Should we judge people for their past moral failings?
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam, accompanied by his wife, speaks during a news conference.AP Photo/Steve HelberVirginia Gov. Ralph Northam is facing a controversy after a photograph surfaced from his...
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3 philosophers set up a booth on a street corner – here's what people asked
Greek philosopher Socrates.Nice_Media_PRO/Shutterstock.comThe life choices that had led me to be sitting in a booth underneath a banner that read “Ask a Philosopher” – at the entrance to the New York...
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What is the Great Commission and why is it so controversial?
Missionary nuns in a Congolese military camp in 1960.AP Photo/Horst FaasA majority of church-going American Christians are unfamiliar with the term, the “Great Commission,” a recent survey found.Even...
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Why the pope's upcoming summit needs to do a full accounting of the cover-up...
Pope Francis sits during the traditional greetings to the Roman Curia at the Vatican in December 2018. Filippo Monteforte/Pool Photo via APPope Francis is gathering 200 bishops and heads of religious...
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Is love losing its soul in the digital age?
A young couple posing for an Instagram photo.Roman Samborskyi/Shutterstock.comInstagram users have taken to issuing “weekiversary posts,” where they diligently mark the duration of their romances. An...
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