1+ day, 16+ hour ago   (307+ words) Edward Said: Between Worlds (USA, 107 min.) Dir. Maiken Baird Prod. Maiken Baird, Sarah Mowaswes, Razan Ghalayini Program: TIFF Docs (World premiere) Public intellectualism is all but dead these days. People turn less and less to intelligent, complex thinkers for ideas,…...

4+ day, 18+ hour ago   (266+ words) Iraqi schools short of textbooks days before classes Iraqi schools face textbook shortages less than two weeks before the new academic year, while the Education Ministry has yet to award printing contracts, Parliament’s Education Committee said. Committee chair Zulaikha Elias…...

4+ day, 22+ hour ago   (530+ words) The U.S. bishops have published a pastoral plan calling for a faithful replica of St. Juan Diego’s tilma to be enthroned in every diocese in the United States as the Church prepares for the 500th anniversary of the Guadalupe Marian apparitions in…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago   (742+ words) Hoped-for fruits of the effort include the renewal of a Christocentric faith through Marian mediation and a network of Marian shrines as 'privileged spaces for the rebirth of hope.' The U.S. bishops have published a pastoral plan calling for a faithful…...

6+ day, 6+ hour ago   (181+ words) Credit: Courtesy of Manuel Farrugia © Malta, a small Mediterranean archipelago, has a Christian heritage spanning 2,000 years and a deep devotion to the Virgin Mary, earning it the title of "Marian fortress." The nation has 359 churches, over 200 dedicated to Mary, ranging…...

6+ day, 10+ hour ago   (283+ words) MAJORDA: A unique and colourful tradition came alive in Majorda on Monday evening, September 7, as beautifully decorated traditional boats were brought to the Mother of God Church, Majorda, ahead of Tuesday’s feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary....

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1+ week, 4+ day ago   (392+ words) Oct. 6, in a metaphorical sense, as a stand-in for the months before the massacres, when Israel's politics were dominated by a social-cultural fight over universities, the media, the judicial system For the last 48 hours, Israel's election campaign has been dominated…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (484+ words) Yet tyranny routinely misreads the laws of historical struggle. In striking Ashraf, the regime did not extinguish the resistance; it shattered the husk and scattered its seeds across the length and breadth of Iran. Carried by the winds of deep…...

2+ week, 13+ hour ago   (475+ words) Hedges examines Washington’s fatal miscalculation in Iran, the growing rift between President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and the possibility that the war has strengthened Iran while destabilizing America’s position across the Middle East. He also follows…...