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A Small Gap in the Weather: D‑Day, Providence, and Mercy

Bailey Cornelius

June 24, 2026

It is strange to consider that something as mundane as the weather could have an effect on the largest amphibious invasion in history.

The Spiritual Danger of Accomplishing Our Goals

Christopher Hazell

June 23, 2026

It’s a terrible thing to spend years climbing up the ladder to find out, once you’ve reached the top, that it’s set against the wrong wall.

Where Are We Going? Our Shared Humanity, Technology, and the Gift of Disability

Mark Bradford

June 22, 2026

Technology becomes a threat to humanity when we see it as a means to overcome what is intrinsic to our human nature.

How ‘Rerum Novarum’ Inspired Jules Rimet to Create the World Cup

Johanna Duncan

June 19, 2026

This grocer's son from a village in eastern France read a letter from the pope at seventeen and spent the next sixty years putting it to practice.

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