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The people who write in this book are all wounded souls. Gone forever is the glib and certain faith that they may once have had, and in its place are the scars and the aches that will never go away.

Near the anniversary of his sudden and early death from a heat stroke on a hot, steamy Chicago street in July 1897, supporters of Venerable Augustus Tolton (1854-1897) gathered in South Bend to pray, ...

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Archbishop John C. Wester, clad in black and flanked by two other New Mexico Catholic bishops, stood poised to venture into the White Sands Missile Range with plans to pray for peace and the ...

Idris also said in a statement by his media aide Rabiu Ibrahim that the vice president would lead a delegation of the Federal Government to the third day prayer (Fiddau) for the late former President ...

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May Allah, the Most Merciful, forgive the shortcomings of our former president, Muhammadu Buhari. May He accept the good he did, overlook his mistakes, and reward him with eternal peace. May Allah ...