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By Regis Martin, Crisis Magazine - Quite possibly the silliest line ever spoken, and one which any sane director would have left on the cutting room floor, was an eight-word sentence from the movie Love Story, which struck even a fellow as callow as I was back in 1970 when I first heard Ali MacGraw and Ryan O’Neal take turns saying it, as just about the dumbest thing I’d ever heard. Of course, the line went instantly viral, as we would nowadays put it, achieving overnight iconic status in the popular culture. Go figure, as they say. ...

By Phil Lawler, Catholic Culture - What’s the harm in having an excess of electors? Other than the possibility of crowded seating arrangements in the Sistine Chapel, perhaps none. But what if all the Popes, past and present, had decided to adhere to the statutory limit? Imagine, for instance, that as he looked forward to the consistory of 2001, Pope John Paul II decided that he had to trim eight names off the list, to ensure that only 120 cardinals would be eligible electors. And suppose—just suppose—that he chose not to confer red hats upon:

By Fr. Gerald Murray, Joe McClane, A Catholic Take - Canon lawyer Father Gerald Murray joins A Catholic Take to break down the problems in the documents and members of the Synod on Synodality, as well as the big issue with Pope Francis appointing Archbishop Victor Manuel Fernandez as head of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith.

By Shalom World - Fȇte-Dieu du Teche means a feast of God or Corpus Christi, where a community from different parishes gathers for a Eucharistic procession on a boat, adoring Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament. Other spiritual works undertaken by the community are 100 hours Bible marathon on a fire truck and a mobile confessional known as the “Spiritual Care Unit,” where in an ambulance, priests are available for confession at parking lots, in front of malls, public gatherings, and so on....