Faith
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The cross that outlasted Hitler
Nazi secularisation replaced crucifixes in German public buildings with portraits of Adolf Hitler. After the war, the crosses returned. In 2018 Bavaria mandated them at all public building entrances — not as religious symbols, the premier insisted, but as markers of regional identity.
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Faith has always gone to space. Artemis II shows how much it has changed.
Buzz Aldrin once wrote that space missions belong to all humanity regardless of belief, yet he found no better way to honor Apollo 11 than giving thanks to God. Artemis II’s crew carried that same tension forward with grace.
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Seeking. Skepticism. Sanctuary.
Moses Mendelssohn observed that we can never fully know another person’s interior beliefs – and often can’t be certain of our own. The article draws on that insight to ask how parishes can make space for faith at every stage of certainty and doubt.
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When divine justice feels delayed
esus’ assurance that God’s chosen will find quick justice seems contradicted by human experience. The faithful must grapple with the gap between divine promise and human suffering, asking what role God—and we—play in the story of justice.
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Faith on the footpath
A true story of homelessness, small mercies, and the kind of faith that doesn’t wait for Sunday. It’s about people who see others with compassion, and act.
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