1. ‘I have no idea how I’m not dead’: A Post correspondent recalls doomful night in Beirut
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Hero Beirut firefighters who tried to force their way into doomed warehouse are named https://t.co/8rwAFXYSaG pic.twitter.com/3fdOded5zr
— Daily Mail Online (@MailOnline) August 6, 2020
3. ‘These were innocent children,’ archbishop says of South Sudan murders
4. Knights of Columbus to report on Christian persecution in Nigeria
5. Lebanese bride happy to be alive after blast cuts short wedding video
6. Lebanon’s Catholic leaders seek help; here’s where you can donate
7. Lebanon, the Christ of the Middle East
8. In Lebanon, priest—a convert from Islam—cares for the poor, needy
9. Six years after genocide, Yezidi girl sits on Iraqi PM’s chair
10. Iran must free Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani
11. A Pregnant Woman with Covid-19 was dying. With one decision, her doctors saved three lives. [Also: That’s the actual Washington Post headline!]
12. Migrant kids to be expelled under virus order not entitled to attorneys and other safeguards, DOJ lawyers say
13. Malka Groden: Yeshivas are tough. But like all private schools, they need aid from Congress
14. U.S. Bishops Press Congress for Emergency Aid
15. A woman who donated her eggs in her 20s may now need an egg donor to have a baby
16. Only Reconciliation Can Cancel Transgressions
17. Hiroshima and the “Easy” Thing to Do
18. ‘Racism Makes a Liar of God’
For more from Gloria Purvis, watch this recent conversation co-sponsored by the National Review Institute and the Sheen Center for Thought and Culture called “What’s Next for America”
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@DTFA is honored to partner with the 11th state – Michigan – to take this evidence-based program to scale #adoption https://t.co/yO22moJ9oK
— Rita Soronen (@rsoronen) August 6, 2020
For more from Rita Soronen from the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption, this hour-long program on adoption NRI also co-sponsored with the Sheen Center is worth watching if you have any interest in adoption and foster care or being inspired. Uplifting. Hopeful. Like we need these days!
20. We’ve Hit a Pandemic Wall
21. Rod Dreher: America: Land Of Depression?
22. Three Great Paintings on Christian Freedom, Now in Fort Worth, Texas
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Announcing “OUT OF MANY, ONE”
“While I recognize that immigration can be an emotional issue, I reject the premise that it is a partisan issue. It is perhaps the most American of issues, and it should be one that unites us.” – President George W. Bushhttps://t.co/yThJFLYnP5
— George W. Bush Presidential Center (@TheBushCenter) August 6, 2020
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Since childhood Damien of Molokai has been one of my favorite saints. I was always moved by the story of his deep love/sacrifice for those sent into isolation b/c of leprosy. Thanks to @AOC for bringing attention to this great man & his love for Christ and his suffering people. https://t.co/DjDWORdTTf
— Patricia Heaton (@PatriciaHeaton) August 6, 2020
25. Fr. Patrick Mary Briscoe: Are we back in the Middle Ages? Who will save us?
26. From a wonderful former NRI intern of mine (I’ve had some gems, including this summer), Grace Aquilina — The Legacy of Margaret Sanger
27. Miscarriage: love and loss 22 years later
28. Bishop Robert Barron: Letter in Protest of the Cancelling of Flannery O’Connor
29. Homestead resident and former WWII Army nurse celebrates 100th birthday; her advice: “Keep active. Try new things. Don’t just sit around and moan about things,” Ms. Opal said. “And get a good education.”
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This is a beauty. Sonnet 104. #ASonnetADay pic.twitter.com/lIQkA8V0qs
— Patrick Stewart (@SirPatStew) August 5, 2020
