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December 6, 345 (traditional date): Nicholas, bishop of Myra, one of the most popular saints in the Greek and Latin churches—and Santa Claus’s namesake—dies.
December 6, 1273: Following a tremendous mystical experience while conducting Mass, Thomas Aquinas suspends work on his Summa Theologica. “I can do no more,” he told his servant. “Such things have been revealed to me that all that I have written seems to me as so much straw. Now I await the end of my life (see issue 73: Thomas Aquinas).
The Bulletin
Hosts and guests discuss Gen Z in the workplace, Israeli hostages, and astronauts stuck in space.
Wire Story
The decision shocked dozens of evangelical families in the US who had been in the process since before the pandemic.
Wire Story
As political changes loom and minority communities face violence, religious minorities urge the government to remove Islam as the state religion.
My daughter will wrestle with worldliness in her education, just as I did. That’s why I want to be around to help.
What will our generation do with the increased life expectancy God has blessed us with?
Review
American stadiums have always played host both to major sports and to larger social aspirations.
Interfaith engagement that doesn’t devolve into a soupy multiculturalism is difficult—and necessary in our diverse democracy.
Wire Story
Now that some nonprofit newspapers have begun to back candidates, a new lawsuit asks why Christian charities can’t take sides.