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For over a decade, Ellie Hidalgo has been campaigning to expand the role of women in the Catholic Church. The Miami woman is co-director of a nonprofit, Discerning Deacons, which invites other Catholics to consider ordaining women as deacons, a clergy role that has always been opened to married men. That would allow women, for…

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John Burke, an author and pastor who’s studied and examined over 1,000 accounts of near-death experiences, believes these reports provide faith-building evidence of God and the Bible. Burke, author of Imagine the God of Heaven: Near-Death Experiences, God’s Revelation, and the Love You’ve Always Wanted, told CBN Digital why he believes these experiences corroborate the…

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A bookstore owner recently spoke out after making a remarkable discovery at an Iowa nursing home: a mysterious 318-year-old Bible. Kathy Magruder told KCCI-TV she found the book in the library of the Calvin Community home. It was a fascinating find for Magruder, who runs Pageturners Bookstore, where she sells new and old books. She…

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Bethlehem, the town where Jesus was born, has officially canceled Christmas for the first time in years due to the Israel war massacre. The town has announced that the usual decorations for the city will be taken down, and the typical celebrations won’t take place “in honor of the martyrs and in solidarity with our…

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A Texas church recently reported a “record-breaking number of baptisms” for the third year in a row. Still, instead of merely focusing on the members, Champion Forest in Houston, Texas, noted each of the “755 souls publicly declaring their faith in Christ” represents something far more significant than mere statistics. In a post on X,…

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