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October 6, 2015

Just forget it. Or don’t.

About 10 minutes after noon my phone rang.Our sons’ school had a half-day. That morning I had packed two lunches for two boys, but somehow only one lunch made it to the afterschool program. And I wasn’t due to pick them up for five or six hours.“I gave him what
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Pope says ministry to divorced, remarried is not only topic for synod

Pope Francis urged members not to act as if the only question that mattered was the pastoral care of divorced and remarried Catholics.
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Though the “The Martian” is an unusually long movie, what viewers of faith may cherish most about this adventure is a single line of dialogue in the form of a three-word prayer.
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Reflections from the road: Feet for Francis Day 3

“Namaste”Father Jack Lombardi worked the traditional Hindu greeting into 7:45 a.m. Mass in the chapel at The John Carroll School Sept. 22. It was in deference to Kishan Patel, the online editor in chief of The Patriot, the school newspaper. He is American-born but with roots in India, a continual
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