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What do you do when your spouse’s past sins still frustrate your present? When forgiveness has been given, but you find yourself still losing your peace and thinking about it? In this episode, John Heinen and Devin Schadt confront a painful and often-unspoken challenge in marriage, how to find peace, confidence, and love when your … Read moreDealing with your Spouse’s Sexual Past
Thursday of week 33 in Ordinary Time First reading 1 Maccabees 2:15-29 ‘Heaven preserve us from forsaking the Law and its ordinances’ The commissioners of King Antiochus who were enforcing the apostasy came to the town of Modein to make them sacrifice. Many Israelites gathered round them, but Mattathias and his sons drew apart. The … Read moreThu 20 November
The Trump administration will require all food stamp recipients to reapply for benefits as part of its effort to curb fraud, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said this week. Rollins told NewsMax’s Rob Schmitt in a Nov. 13 interview that she plans to “have everyone reapply for their benefits” to ensure aid is only going to … Read moreUSDA leader: SNAP recipients must reapply to cut down on fraud
A monitoring report warns that Europe continues to see high levels of anti-Christian offenses, with more than 2,200 incidents documented across the continent in 2024. The findings, released by the Vienna-based Observatory on Intolerance and Discrimination Against Christians in Europe (OIDAC Europe), follow a year of similarly elevated figures in 2023 and point to continued … Read moreReport outlines surge of anti-Christian violence in Europe
Rapper Nicki Minaj spoke at an event Nov. 18 hosted by the U.S. Mission to the United Nations and highlighted what she called “the deadly threat” facing Christians in Nigeria, echoing recent statements by President Donald Trump about religious persecution in the West African nation. Speaking on a panel alongside U.S. Ambassador to the United … Read moreRapper Nicki Minaj strongly supports persecuted Christians in Nigeria in speech at UN
Bible sales in the U.S. are rising again in 2025, up 14% from last year to 18.4 million copies, following a 20% jump in 2023. Industry experts say the growth has been steady since 2021, with 2024 marking a 20-year high and 2025 on track to surpass it. Interest is shifting toward “specialty” and study … Read moreBible sales on the rise again in the US after 2023 spike
Rural, Trump-voting communities show strong and growing optimism about both the short- and long-term future of the U.S., the American Communities Project found. Urban areas and communities that voted for Harris report rising pessimism, though their shifts are smaller. Hispanics break from political/geographic trends: despite voting for Trump in 2024, they show the largest shift … Read moreNational survey finds pessimism rising in cities, optimism surging in rural areas
Pope Leo XIV announced Nov. 19 during his General Audience that the second-ever World Children’s Day will be held in September 2026, continuing a celebration first observed by Pope Francis in 2024. According to a Nov. 19 press release from World Children’s Day, the occasion “will be a time of gathering, prayer and celebration involving … Read moreRome will host World Children’s Day in 2026
Nearly half of Americans (47%) fear they won’t be able to afford needed health care in the next year, according to a recent West Health and Gallup report. Writing for Gallup in a Nov. 17 article, Ellyn Maese reported that the level of concern is the highest recorded since the group began tracking the issue … Read moreNearly half of Americans fear they can’t afford health care next year, Gallup finds
Every November, Pope Francis sat down to a simple meal with more than 1,000 of Rome’s poorest and most marginalized residents, at the annual centerpiece of the World Day of the Poor. This year’s communal lunch, held by Pope Leo XIV, meant to express dignity and solidarity but was recast online as a culture-war skirmish, … Read moreAnalysis: How online narratives about the Pope spin out of control