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Article Serpents & Doves Resolving the conflict between China’s two Catholic communities will require very careful compromises By The Editors February 21, 2018 Editorial Pope Francis Foreign Affairs Bishops
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Article In the Presence of Mystery Though scientists resist explanations of faith, fashion and fantasy, Roger Penrose shows that all three are at work in how scientists think about the universe By Paul Johnston February 19, 2018 Books Evolution Secularism and Modernity