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“No one pours new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the wine will burst the skins, and both the wine and the skins are ruined. Rather, new wine is p...
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While scrolling on my social media feed, several news articles reported something that infuriated people. “An 80-year-old man was arrested for alleged...
THE month of January is about to end, but for most daily-wage earners, the time to settle debts incurred during the Christmas and New Year celebration...
THAT gospel episode of Christ choosing his apostles practically randomly (cfr. Mk 3,13-19) can remind us of many things. First is that we are actually...
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