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God receives royal acclaim in the form of blaring trumpets and clapping hands, the psalmist announces this Sunday. The Dalai Lama was cheered Monday in London . . .
The readings for the Solemnity of the Ascension are uplifting in every sense of the word. Investors eager to buy into Facebook can expect to see the stock price skyrocket . . .
“Until the day he was taken up,” the Ascension reading from the Acts of the Apostles tells us, Jesus gave instructions to his apostles. Did Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Arizona give instructions to his deputies to target and harass Latinos? . . .
The Letter to the Ephesians prays that God grant “a Spirit of wisdom” to early Christians. An immigrant from Montenegro who arrived in the U.S. speaking no English . . .
Before departing from their midst in the gospel reading for the Ascension, Jesus promises his disciples they will perform many powerful deeds in his name . . .
“The unity of believers is crucial because the forces arrayed against them are great.”
According to a new study by the Association of Religion Data Archives, the number of Catholics declined 5 percent to 58.9 million between 2000 and 2010.