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Unlike the stereotype that nursery rhymes are designed for children, hundreds of adults in the audience also enjoyed the ...

Pope Leo led a vibrant Mass for over a million Catholic young people on the outskirts of Rome, encouraging them to spread ...

When Syrian President Bashar al-Assad fled to Moscow to evade imminent death — a moment that signalled the collapse of his regime’s grip on power — the repercussions extended far beyond Syria’s ...

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A visit with Greg Thorne not only tells the history of the past 60 years of Laguna Beach but also of our Western world since ...

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