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Helene Hurricane Update: Videos Show Devastating Storm Surge Engulf Homes
- By Wolseley
- One Bread, One Body - Catholic
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I knew it was going to impact with the Florida panhandle, but I was surprised to see that it's flooded portions of metropolitan Atlanta. 
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Maronite priest recounts his experience witnessing Beirut’s pager explosions
- By RileyG
- One Bread, One Body - Catholic
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Thanks for sharing!
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Lebanon crisis threatens Eastern Catholic participation at Vatican Synod on Synodality
- By RileyG
- One Bread, One Body - Catholic
- 1 Replies
Prayers for the Lebanese people 
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New podcast makes St. Thérèse’s ‘Story of A Soul’ available to listeners
- By Michie
- One Bread, One Body - Catholic
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A new season of a “Catholic Classics” podcast is inviting people to encounter St. Thérèse of Lisieux by listening to her world-famous autobiography, “Story of a Soul,” beginning on her feast day, Oct. 1.
“St. Thérèse shows us what she calls ‘The Little Way,’ which precisely is this way of confidence and love,” Father Michael-Joseph Paris of St. Thérèse, OCD, a co-host of “Catholic Classics,” says in a trailer for the podcast. “That through confidence in God’s grace and through expressing our love for the little things of each day, no matter what our vocation may be, we can truly attain great holiness.”
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New podcast makes St. Thérèse's 'Story of A Soul' available to listeners
A new season of a “Catholic Classics” podcast is inviting people to encounter St. Thérèse of Lisieux by listening to her world-famous autobiography, “Story of a Soul,” beginning on her feast day, Oct. 1.
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Pope Francis warns against ‘pernicious ideologies’ in Luxembourg
- By Michie
- One Bread, One Body - Catholic
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Humanity needs to be motivated by spiritual values if it is to avoid being thrown into dangerous exploits and useless massacres, Pope Francis said.
The world, even in Europe, is seeing a return of “rifts and enmities that, instead of being resolved on the basis of mutual goodwill, negotiation and diplomatic efforts, are resulting in open hostilities, leading to destruction and death,” the pope said in Luxembourg during a meeting with authorities, members of the diplomatic corps and local representatives. It was the first day of a four-day trip Sept. 26-29 to the small nation and nearby Belgium.
“It seems that the human heart does not always remember the past and periodically goes astray and returns to the tragic path of war,” he said in his speech at the meeting held at the city’s main administrative building, the Cercle Cité.
“To heal this dangerous syndrome, which causes nations to become seriously ill and risks throwing them into exploits that bring with them immense human costs and further useless massacres, we need to raise our gaze upward,” he said, calling on citizens and leaders to be “motivated by noble and profound spiritual values.”
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The world, even in Europe, is seeing a return of “rifts and enmities that, instead of being resolved on the basis of mutual goodwill, negotiation and diplomatic efforts, are resulting in open hostilities, leading to destruction and death,” the pope said in Luxembourg during a meeting with authorities, members of the diplomatic corps and local representatives. It was the first day of a four-day trip Sept. 26-29 to the small nation and nearby Belgium.
“It seems that the human heart does not always remember the past and periodically goes astray and returns to the tragic path of war,” he said in his speech at the meeting held at the city’s main administrative building, the Cercle Cité.
“To heal this dangerous syndrome, which causes nations to become seriously ill and risks throwing them into exploits that bring with them immense human costs and further useless massacres, we need to raise our gaze upward,” he said, calling on citizens and leaders to be “motivated by noble and profound spiritual values.”
Technology poses threats to humanity
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Pope Francis warns against 'pernicious ideologies' in Luxembourg
During his trip to Luxembourg, Pope Francis emphasized the need for "spiritual values" to combat rifts and enmities worldwide.
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Legalized Sports Gambling is a Mistake
- By JimR-OCDS
The Italian Mafia was hit when sports betting became legal. They make their money off promotion
Legalizing Sports Gambling Was a Huge Mistake
The evidence is convincing: The betting industry is ruining lives.www.theatlantic.com
The prediction is that in 2024, gamblers will place 24 BILLION in bets on NFL games
alone.
Apparently, Americans have forgotten that the Italian Mafia made a lot of its
criminal income on illegal sports gambling.
Just as those sttes which legalized all sorts of illegal drugs, are now
finding out that the resulting mess of addiction, is not worth it, so too
I think that states that legalize sports gambling, will suddently find out that
ADDICTION to gambling is a terrible thing.
of illegal activities, not legally regulated activities.
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