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Why a Vietnamese priest speaks to believers beyond Catholicism - UCA News
2+ hour, 26+ min ago (1046+ words) An estimated 70, 000 pilgrims gathered at T'c S'y Church in B'c Li'u Province on July 2 for the beatification of Father Francis Tr'ng B'u Di'p, one of Vietnam's most beloved Catholic figures. A priest of the Diocese of C'n Th, Father Di'p…...
Archbishop Elpidophoros meets with chaplains at Clergy-Laity Congress
1+ hour, 13+ min ago (197+ words) The Orthodox Observer Archbishop Elpidophoros meets with chaplains at Clergy-Laity Congress On July 1, His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America visited the Chaplains Meeting at the 48th Biennial Clergy-Laity Congress in Cleveland, offering his blessing and remarks to the gathered Military and…...
Army Chaplain Strengthens Soldier Resilience at Grafenwoehr Training Area
7+ hour, 57+ min ago (213+ words) GRAFENWOEHR, Germany " U. S. Army chaplain Lt. Col. Joseph Hamilton, assigned to the 7th Army Training Command, has spent more than two decades serving Soldiers through one constant mission: caring for people. For Hamilton, being a chaplain extends well beyond conducting religious services....
What to the Christian Is the Fourth of July?
23+ hour, 15+ min ago (879+ words) In 1852, Frederick Douglass was invited to deliver a speech at the annual Independence Day celebration in Rochester, New York. After escaping from slavery some 14 years earlier, Douglass became an abolitionist and a sought-after speaker in the United States and abroad....
America's 250 years of freedom: pluralism is still fundamental to the country's pursuit of happiness
4+ hour, 56+ min ago (647+ words) Growing up as a Christian, I often heard from other churchgoers how fortunate we were to live in a Christian nation such as the US. These days, I am more likely to hear fellow Christians lament that the country has…...
Freedom's Peril & Promise
19+ hour, 37+ min ago (946+ words) The Living Church Freedom's Peril & Promise Please email comments to letters@livingchurch. org. On March 23, 1775, the Second Virginia Convention reached a defining moment. Gathered at St. John's Church in Richmond, the convention had spent several days debating whether Virginians should…...
Tac Say offers Vietnam's clearest answer on religious freedom
10+ hour, 5+ min ago (1298+ words) 02/07/2026 " 11: 22 (GMT+07: 00) Each year, the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) repeats its negative assessments of the religious situation in Vietnam. As the commission's 2026 report once again recommended placing Vietnam on its Special Watch List, the Holy See sent Cardinal…...
What links disintegration? On Rousseau, gnosticism, and Saint Michael
11+ hour, 18+ min ago (895+ words) Minus reason and faith, only power and force prevail. July 1, 2026 Jose Yulo Essay, Features 1 Print The truth will not only'make us free'but it is itself free. We all come in fact to know the same truth, otherwise we could not…...
A story of pain and promise: Faith communities celebrate, contemplate American history
13+ hour, 35+ min ago (841+ words) Annie Dobbins sees the fabric of American history like a quilt. Each square of cloth on its own may appear "insignificant," the Fort Worth resident said." "But when you put the pieces together, it becomes this beautiful array, and it…...
Pilgrims arrive in Tac Say ahead of Vietnam's first beatification rite
21+ hour, 16+ min ago (716+ words) 02/07/2026 " 00: 11 (GMT+07: 00) Tens of thousands of pilgrims from across Vietnam have gathered at the Tac Say Pilgrimage Center in Ca Mau ahead of the beatification ceremony for Father Phanxico Truong Buu Diep, many spending the night on mats as they wait…...