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The Way of Pilgrims

Dr. Ryan Womack
Executive Director, Pearl Health, Fertility, & Surgery
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To Endure Trial

Weekly Update

Religious persecution in India serves as a reminder that Christians around the world suffer for Christ, often under the scourge of violence, imprisonment, and humiliation.

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Foundations
Gerard van Honthorst's "King David Playing the Harp"

Posing the Dilemma of Human Happiness

Each of us strives after happiness in all that we do; however, it seems that no one has ever found complete happiness, and the happiness we seek seems to exist outside of this world.

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Queen of Peace Statue at St. Mary Major Basilica

Enrichment

In the Basilica of St. Mary Major in Rome, Mary, Queen of Peace, is depicted beckoning out to the world, "Basta! Enough! Stop the violence and war!"

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Encounter the perennial truths of the faith as they are applied to particular questions of life, education, and professional disciplines.
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Q&A

God Wants His World Back

Rev. John Riccardo
Executive Director, ACTS XXIX
Msgr. James P. Shea
President, University of Mary
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Jesus is not weak. Jesus is the one who assailed the strong man, as he puts it in the Gospels, and he has taken on the enemy and won. He’s the one who is calling you to follow him.
Rev. John Riccardo Executive Director, ACTS XXIX
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The Wonderment of a Conclave

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Q&A

A Sacramental Vision of Scripture with Jeff Cavins and Fr. Dominic Bouck

Jeff Cavins
Rev. Dominic Bouck
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The Holy Spirit at Calvary

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Foundations
Investigate the first and foundational principles of the Catholic imaginative vision.
Current Theme Understanding the Papacy
Peter Receives the Keys by Paolo de Matteis

Why Did God Give Us a Pope?

The more we understand the nature of this choice gift of God, the better we will be able to respond to the Spirit’s action in the world, and to receive the graces it brings according to God’s often hidden purposes.

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Understanding the Role of the Pope

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The Papacy Throughout History

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The Conclave of 1903

The Conclave: Apostolic Succession at Work

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