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December 23, 2019 Father Seán Connolly 14

The place rendered sacred by the birth of the Savior does not look like one would expect it to. The Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem looks more like a dilapidated fortress than a basilica. […]

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Over on the Laetificat blog, Elizabeth does some digging into the over-hyped (and now concluded) “Nuns on the Bus” tour: After going to see the Nuns on the Bus in Janesville, WI, I found on facebook a video the Sinsinawa […]

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