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hen Pope Francis talks about evangelization, his poster child may well be an immigrant in North Dakota.
Sister Brenda Hernandez Valdes, a 34-year-old Daughter of Immaculate Mary of Guadalupe, …
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By CHRISTINA CAPECCHI
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4/11/19
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When David Brooks travels the country, he seeks out the good news. The bad news is all too easy to find.
As a New York Times columnist writing about the social sciences, Brooks logs many miles for …
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By CHRISTINA CAPECCHI
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3/13/19
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All afternoon I had been hunkered over my MacBook, perched above a frozen lake …
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By CHRISTINA CAPECCHI
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2/13/19
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I’ve always appreciated the notion of self-care in an Oprah Winfrey, hot-baths-and-expensive-chocolates kind of way. We work so hard, the thinking goes, that we deserve a break here and there. So …
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By CHRISTINA CAPECCHI
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1/2/19
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It all started with a lost birth certificate. The Holy Spirit was at work that day and hasn’t slowed down since.
My aunt Jan has always known she was adopted, and the many mysteries surrounding …
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By CHRISTINA CAPECCHI
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12/5/18
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Roxanne Loper was almost home.
Her journey had begun 15 months earlier when she spotted a picture of a baby girl on the World Partners website and sensed something special.
She and her husband, …
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By CHRISTINA CAPECCHI
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11/7/18
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I’ve been emailing my friend Becky, a newspaper editor in South Dakota, about our growing desire to unplug. We used to compare notes on …
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By CHRISTINA CAPECCHI
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8/29/18
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Janet Easter is experiencing Braxton Hicks contractions as she arranges a bouquet in her backyard, and she is unfazed.
“I’m having contractions, which is hilarious,” she says, stripping …
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By CHRISTINA CAPECCHI
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8/1/18
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The numbers don’t look good for the U.S. Postal Service. Last year it reported its sixth straight annual operating loss, in the amount of $2.7 billion. During fiscal year 2017, the USPS delivered …
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CHRISTINA CAPECCHI
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7/4/18
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The big news from the Social Security Administration is the ousting of a champion: Liam has dethroned Noah as the nation’s most popular boy name. That was the headline of its newly released …
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CHRISTINA CAPECCHI
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6/7/18
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When Oprah Winfrey was first asked the question, the talk-show queen was left tongue-tied.
She was doing a live television interview with the late film critic Gene Siskel to promote her film …
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CHRISTINA CAPECCHI
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5/10/18
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Erica Tighe was 26 when she made the leap: She would set out on her own to be a calligrapher. Full time. In order to pay her $800 rent and cellphone bill and $1,000 college-loan payment and also …
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CHRISTINA CAPECCHI
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4/12/18
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Little did he know what a noble purpose awaited him when Don Ritchie settled into a house on Old South Head Road back in 1964. The former Navy seaman and retired salesman was eager to soak in the …
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CHRISTINA CAPECCHI
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3/1/18
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When it came time to interview prospective sailors for his expedition across Antarctica, Ernest Shackleton had clear-cut criteria. He had to pick the right men for his journey to the bottom of the …
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CHRISTINA CAPECCHI
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2/1/18
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The themes emerge predictably. When it comes to New Year’s resolutions, we gravitate toward the biggies: get healthy, get organized, get a life. We vow to travel more, read more, save more and …
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CHRISTINA CAPECCHI
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1/4/18
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Oprah Winfrey sings and claps when presented with the $69 lunch box that makes her 2017 “Favorite Things” list.
“I looooove!” she belts out in mock falsetto.
She doesn’t need to …
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CHRISTINA CAPECCHI
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12/7/17
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Even before she was married, Emily Stimpson Chapman asked for baby prayers.
“I’d be in an antique store buying little trinkets for the wedding decorations, and I would be asking strangers: …
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CHRISTINA CAPECCHI
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11/9/17
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Hurricane Harvey stranded Father David Bergeron in his pickup the night it ripped through Houston. The 38-year-old priest had been visiting his brother and had to pull over on an overpass three miles …
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CHRISTINA CAPECCHI
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10/12/17
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The rain fell heavy on a Monday morning in Des Moines, Iowa.
Bleary-eyed travelers plotted alternative routes over eggs and potatoes at the Embassy Suites.
A white-haired man wearing a Saturn …
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CHRISTINA CAPECCHI
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9/14/17
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Nicholas Owen was canonized 364 years after his death.
Such is often the case with the Catholic Church, charged with curating a 3,000-year treasure trove of saints and stories, rovers and …
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CHRISTINA CAPECCHI
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8/3/17
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