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How Do You Know If You’re Called to Ministry?

David was a physician with distinction. Lauded as one of the most brilliant young physicians of his day, he left the medical field and began pastoring in a small, poor mining community. William was...

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Married for Good

Courtney Doctor, Melissa Kruger, Vanessa Hawkins, and Jen Wilkin have each been married for more than 25 years. In this conversation, they talk about how marriage was different from what they expe...

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‘Who wept for these people?’ Francis’s papacy was defined by compassion for refugees

From personally promising to relocate vulnerable asylum seekers to speaking out against ‘cruel’ policies, the late pope was a voice for the marginalisedOn a glorious spring day almost a decade ago,...

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How Capitol Hill Baptist Church’s First Pastor Changed His Mind on Slavery and Became an Abolitionist

On a crisp Virginia morning in September 1831, Joseph W. Parker sat across from Nicholas Sterling Edmunds, the owner of the nearly 2,000-acre Homewood plantation. Parker had spent the past two year...

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How to Find Happiness in Prison (and Other Hard Places)

Bad things happen to everyone. About 1,500 years ago, life quickly went from very good to about as bad as can be imagined for Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius. He came from a well-connected famil...

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Tuesday briefing: The reforms, conflicts and legacy of Pope Francis

In today’s newsletter: He was an unpredictable leader unafraid to upset traditionalists, but was he really a liberal figure – and will his changes last?Good morning. On Sunday, after a 38-day hospi...

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Experts talk realism of Conclave movie: ‘Gets a lot of the details right’

After the death of Pope Francis, experts weigh in on how much the real-life papal election will mirror the hit Oscar-winning movieLatest updates after death of Pope FrancisI confess: my first thoug...

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Pope Francis’ approach did not win him friends within the church bureaucracy. But he lit the path for us all | Francis Sullivan

While his legacy in confronting the sex abuse scandal is still incomplete, Francis demonstrated that change is possible and mercy can be realPope Francis, groundbreaking Jesuit pontiff, diesPotenti...

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Francis (1936–2025), the Pope Who Made the Roman Church More ‘Catholic’

In 2013, following the dramatic resignation of Pope Benedict XVI and the election of Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio as Pope Francis, the Roman Catholic Church was experiencing a time of chaos. It w...

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The Guardian view on Pope Francis: an outsider who was a force for good in the world | Editorial

The Argentine pontiff was a vital progressive influence on issues such as migration, and fought for a more merciful, less rigid Catholic churchDefying doctors’ orders to rest following his battle w...

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Pope Francis obituary

Leader of the Catholic church who pushed for social and economic justice, and an urgent response to the climate crisisThe election of Jorge Mario Bergoglio as pope in March 2013 was unexpected, eve...

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I’m delighted to see gen Z men flocking back to church – I just hope it’s for the right reasons | Jessica White

Community, self-worth, activism: these things have boosted attendances. But so has online radicalisation – and we can’t ignore thatFor decades, there has been a cultural narrative that the church i...

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Pope Francis: tributes paid after head of Catholic church dies aged 88 – latest updates

Pope Francis, history’s first Latin American pontiff who was revered by millions of Catholics around the world, has died after a respiratory illnessPope Francis, groundbreaking Jesuit pontiff, dies...

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Pope Francis: outsider whose reforming mission made him an ally of progressives

The pontiff took on church traditionalists and rightwing populism, making powerful enemies on the wayPope Francis, groundbreaking Jesuit pontiff, dies aged 88Latest updates: tributes paid after Pop...

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When Does Grief Become Sin?

Grief comes easily to me. The furnace of my many afflictions—stoked by painful bone disease, stage 4 cancer, advancing arthritis, perpetual 35-year-long head pain, and multiple lumbar injuries (not...

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7 Reasons Muslims Trust Ihsan Coaching for Personal Development

In a world that moves quickly, many Muslims find it hard to grow personally while staying true to their faith, facing challenges like self-doubt, time management, and spiritual connection. Ihsan Co...

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Pope Francis brought an outsider’s eye to the papacy – with a focus on justice, ecology and humanity | Catherine Pepinster

He will be remembered as one of the great communicators of Christian faith – but healing the church’s divisions was beyond himCatherine Pepinster is a former editor of The TabletJust three days bef...

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How Do You Know If You’re Called to Ministry?

Married for Good

‘Who wept for these people?’ Francis’s papacy was defined by compassion for refugees

How Capitol Hill Baptist Church’s First Pastor Changed His Mind on Slavery and Became an Abolitionist

How to Find Happiness in Prison (and Other Hard Places)

Tuesday briefing: The reforms, conflicts and legacy of Pope Francis

Experts talk realism of Conclave movie: ‘Gets a lot of the details right’

Pope Francis’ approach did not win him friends within the church bureaucracy. But he lit the path for us all | Francis Sullivan

Francis (1936–2025), the Pope Who Made the Roman Church More ‘Catholic’

The Guardian view on Pope Francis: an outsider who was a force for good in the world | Editorial

Pope Francis obituary

I’m delighted to see gen Z men flocking back to church – I just hope it’s for the right reasons | Jessica White

Pope Francis: tributes paid after head of Catholic church dies aged 88 – latest updates

Pope Francis: outsider whose reforming mission made him an ally of progressives

When Does Grief Become Sin?

7 Reasons Muslims Trust Ihsan Coaching for Personal Development

Pope Francis brought an outsider’s eye to the papacy – with a focus on justice, ecology and humanity | Catherine Pepinster

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