Where in the world should you buy philosophy books? Sure, there’s the convenience of large online retailers, but there can be more to buying a book than just getting a good price on it. Do you want books and reading to be a live part of your city’s culture or the places you visit? Do you want to live in a place where people are attending book-related events at a bookstore nearby? Do you want to…
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Officer Anthony Carrasco said people reported multiple shots at the Islamic Center of San Diego, about 9 miles (14 km) north of downtown San Diego.
(AP) — Commissioners had an opportunity to describe their wish lists during their most recent meeting in April. There was little dissent as the commissioners, most drawn from Trump’s base of conservative Christian supporters, covered the items they want in the report.
BEIRUT (AP) — The Council of Melkite Greek Catholic Bishops in Lebanon urged the Lebanese government and the United Nations to protect the property of civilians and religious institutions in southern Lebanon.
À l’occasion de la visite officielle du président de la République au Vatican, les 9 et 10 avril 2026, Pierre Moneger-Rogge président des Scouts et Guides de France, a pris part à la délégation présidentielle.
In _The Prince_ , Niccolò Machiavelli states it is ideal to be both loved and feared, but because they rarely coexist, it is safer to be feared than loved. He argues that fear is more reliable than love, which is fickle, but crucially advises that a leader must avoid being hated. Donald Trump wants to be an autocrat who follows this advice but fails at it miserably on the international stage, and…
(The Conversation) — American courts have considered similar questions for 150 years – with the answer often depending on a lesson’s purpose.
WASHINGTON (AP) — In the latest religious rights case for the conservative-majority court, the justices will hear from Colorado's St. Mary Catholic Parish and the Archdiocese of Denver, which are supported by the Republican Trump administration.
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Robert Preston Morris, 64, was released just after midnight, said Osage County Sheriff’s Capt. Matt Clark.
Venice's thousand-year success offers a powerful lesson in balancing competing forces and the dangers of institutional rigidity in a changing world.
“It’s not just the problem of brazen cheating. In some ways, the more insidious threat LLMs pose to undergraduate learning is the promise of instant shortcuts.” . That’s Paul Sagar, Reader in Political Theory at King’s College London, writing at Unherd. He continues: Why struggle through that difficult article, why read that complicated book, why force yourself through the problem set, when the…
The phrase ‘separation of church and state’ dates back to a letter from Thomas Jefferson to a Baptist congregation.
Already, nearly 400,000 people have registered to pray before the relics and Stoppini estimates the number could well reach a half-million before the bones go back into their tomb March 22.
A crane placed the upper arm of a cross atop the Tower of Jesus Christ, the church's soaring central piece, which now stands 172.5 meters (566 feet) above the city.
(AP) — Word of Faith had about 700 members in North Carolina a decade ago, but a sworn statement from a former church leader said membership now had dwindled to about 300 to 400 people.
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VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Swiss-based Society of St. Pius X, which has schools, chapels and seminaries around the world, has been a thorn in the side of the Holy See for four decades, founded in opposition to the modernizing reforms of the 1960s Second Vatican Council.
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(The Conversation) — Medieval texts and frescoes show how Francis of Assisi’s legends formed – and why his call to poverty and care for creation still resonates.
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ROME (AP) — The diocese of Rome and the Italian Culture Ministry both launched investigations into the recent renovations at the Basilica of San Lorenzo in Lucina, after photographs of the Meloni-esque cherub were published in Italian newspapers this weekend.
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