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What is incorruptibility? Here’s what faith and science have to say

by Katie Yoder

Dozens of saints or people on the path to sainthood have been considered incorrupt.

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by Kate Scanlon

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Panel: The church, under Pope Leo, can help the world tackle its biggest problems

New shepherd of Missouri diocese resolves to serve God and his people with gladness

World

Faith thrives in community, not isolation, pope tells young adults

by Cindy Wooden

Pope Leo XIV encouraged an international group of young adults to reach out to their peers and invite them to be active members of a parish community rather …

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Vatican

Teaching is ‘great act of love,’ pope tells educators

by Cindy Wooden

Opinion

The history behind All Saints’ and All Souls’ Days

by OSV News

Thin places in November

by Effie Caldarola

Pharisees, tax collectors and the way of humility

by Deacon Greg Kandra

Reviews

Beauty as truth?

by Leonard J. DeLorenzo
‘Bernadette of Lourdes’ French musical coming to America with ‘universal’ message
Friar behind ‘Rosary in a Year’ explores Jesus Christ’s ‘blueprint’ in the beatitudes
New release offers compelling arguments against physician-assisted suicide
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