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Value Prayer, Silence, Pope Urges

The largest single event in the history of Australia -- as with many countries, a papal event -- concluded with a rejuvenated Catholic community and the prospect of a softening in the hard edge of Australian secularism.

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A Day at the Beach

It was May 1944, and 22-year-old John Whitehead of Montclair, N.J., an ensign on the USS Thomas Jefferson, was placed in charge of five of the landing craft for the invasion of Europe.

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A Life Worth Living

When Harriet McBryde Johnson died earlier this month at the age of 50 from a congenital neuromuscular disease, obituaries called her a "disability-rights activist." This is far too narrow a description of her life.

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Extraordinarily Blessed

On his way to an academic and political career, Father Raymond de Souza, made a right turn into religion, journalism ... and chaplaincy of the football Golden Gaels.

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A Life's Lesson

When somebody dies, we tell his story and try to define and isolate what was special about it--what it was he brought to the party, how he enhanced life by showing up.

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