Ghosts in the Republic: Truth, Shadows, and the Death of Integrity — By: Crisis Magazine

Imagine, for a moment, that the ghosts of Shakespeare’s plays—Banquo, Hamlet’s father, Julius Caesar—were to step across the boundary of fiction into the halls of Congress or the modern news cycle. These spectral figures were never meant to take action themselves; they hovered, hinted, warned—but they never engaged the living world directly. Ghosts, by their…

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Athlete, convert to Catholicism, and future priest: The story of Josh Brooks — By: Catholic News Agency

Seminarian Josh Brooks. / Credit: Courtesy of Catholic Philly, official newspaper of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia ACI Prensa Staff, Jul 13, 2025 / 14:55 pm (CNA). Josh Brooks, a native of Delaware County in metro Philadelphia, dreamed of following in the footsteps of his idol LeBron James and becoming a professional basketball player. However, God…

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Ukraine visit leaves mark on Canada’s military ordinariate — By: Catholic News Agency

Bishop Scott McCaig of the Roman Catholic Military Ordinariate of Canada celebrates Divine Liturgy as part of the spiritual retreat for military chaplains in Lviv, Ukraine. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Bishop Scott McCaig Ottawa, Canada, Jul 13, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). Bishop Scott McCaig of the Roman Catholic Military Ordinariate of Canada returned home…

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