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 Pope Francis receives Amazon founder Jeff Bezos

August 19, 2024 Catholic News Agency 4

Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon, the world’s largest e-commerce company, was accompanied by his fiancée, Lauren Sanchez, at a meeting at the Vatican on Aug. 15, 2024, the Daily Mail reported. / Credit: Flickr Daniel Oberhaus, 2019 CC BY 2.0; V… […]

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Synodality and the perennial temptations of power, pleasure, and wealth

October 19, 2022 Nicholas Senz 5

If one looks back on the Synods of Bishops during the pontificate of Pope Francis, and the controversies that have accompanied them, one can notice that even with such disparate themes as the family, youth, […]

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The Rings of Power: Season 1 at the halfway mark

September 15, 2022 Steven D. Greydanus 24

Halfway through the eight episodes of the first season of Amazon Prime’s The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, the pieces are starting to fall into place. A story that started with such […]

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The Rings of Power: Fantasy with Tolkienian roots, but not of Tolkien

September 4, 2022 Thomas M. Doran 2

I’ve only viewed the trailer and two episodes of Amazon’s The Rings of Power. How can I say where it’s going? After all, I’ve seen characters out of J. R. R. Tolkien’s grand myth and […]

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Too good not to be true: Two movies about the Thailand cave rescue

July 30, 2022 Steven D. Greydanus 18

Perhaps you were glued to the news in late June and early July 2018 as the world followed the ultimately successful efforts in northern Thailand to rescue the 12 young boys of a soccer team […]

The Dispatch

MacKenzie Scott gives mega-gift to abortion provider Planned Parenthood

March 24, 2022 Catholic News Agency 15

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Denver Newsroom, Mar 24, 2022 / 17:00 pm (CNA).
MacKenzie Scott, an early Amazon leader and ex-wife of company founder Jeff Bezos, has given $275 million to Planned Parenthood, the United States’ largest abortion provider, i… […]

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Mackenzie Scott donates millions to controversial group outspoken on Catholic issues, religious freedom

June 30, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

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Washington D.C., Jun 30, 2021 / 11:02 am (CNA).
Several million dollars from the Amazon fortune of Jeff Bezos’ former wife Mackenzie Scott have funded a controversial multi-religious advocacy group, Faith in Public Life.&nbsp… […]

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Mindfulness and meditation ‘AmaZen’ employee program not religious, Amazon says

May 19, 2021 CNA Daily News 0

Denver Newsroom, May 19, 2021 / 14:16 pm America/Denver (CNA). Corporate giant Amazon will offer an “AmaZen” component to employees to encourage “mindfulness practices” as part of its revamped employee health, safety, and wellness programs. […]

The Dispatch

Amazon says its ban of transgender-critical book was due to updated content policy

March 12, 2021 Catholic News Agency 9

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Mar 12, 2021 / 03:00 pm (CNA).- Amazon says it stopped selling a transgender-critical book because of its framing of “LGBTQ+ identity as a mental illness.” In a letter issued to several […]

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Responding to the allure and incoherency of transgenderism

March 1, 2021 Nathanael Blake 30

Of course they are banning books. If you missed it, Amazon has banned Ryan Anderson’s excellent book, When Harry Became Sally: Responding to the Transgender Moment. And, of course, the writings of some of history’s […]

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