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(RNS) — For 50 cents per 30-minute session, or $10 a month, readers can now ask Digital Deepak about their purpose, their fears, their path forward.

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(RNS) — Many Catholic university leaders are trying to thread the needle between staying under the Trump administration’s radar and framing their work with marginalized students as grounded in their Catholic identities.

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(RNS) — Just 63% of Catholic higher education institutions have theology or religious studies departments, down from 69% in 2016.

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(RNS) — The leaders from 10 countries on the continent called for more local funding to restore essential resources to fight malaria, HIV and tuberculosis.

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ISTANBUL, Turkey (RNS) — Pope Leo spoke about the themes of peace and unity that guided his papal visits to Turkey and Lebanon, affirming the Holy See’s commitment to dialogue in Ukraine and in the Middle East.

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BEIRUT (RNS) — Survivors of the 2020 Beirut port explosion say they are still waiting for the truth as Pope Leo XIV urged Lebanon to become ‘a home of justice and fraternity.’

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(RNS) — Bridging the East and West, American women have found Hinduism’s powerful divine feminine through the art of sacred dance.

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VERSAILLES, France (AP) — It was part of a French collection and was initially thought to be from one of the many Rubens workshops that existed at the time.

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United Lutheran Seminary

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JAL EL DIB, Lebanon (RNS) — In a country battered by economic collapse and recurring conflict, Pope Leo XIV visited with patients battling trauma, recovering from addiction and dealing with disabilities at the Psychiatric Hospital of the Cross.

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