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Friendship improves happiness and abates misery. A best friend is like a four-leaf clover: hard to find and lucky to have.

All that remains of Masjid Al-Taqwa is a sign that bears its name. The mosque in Altadena, which served a tight-knit Muslim community for 42 years, burned to the ground ...

Why does God allow suffering? In times of pain and loss, we may struggle to understand, but God's Word assures us that He is ...

God alone is ... tradition. As our nation marks the anniversary of the tragic Supreme Court decision, Roe v. Wade, we as Catholic Christians must pray for a change of heart in all citizens and ...

These different ways of thinking can bring in a new perspective about our relationship to God, to the sacred text, to our ...

"He is our American ... over her heart when asked about the president's visit to the track. It was her first visit to the Daytona 500, and she said it wouldn't be her last. "God bless America.

I love you." Haines and Palmer co-directed "Children of a Lesser God" and Hurt served as Matlin's co-star, James Leed. Rate your 'Film of the Year': Join our Movie Meter panel and make your voice ...

Errol Musk criticized his son Elon Musk on a podcast, calling him a bad father who has been absent from his children's lives, relying heavily on nannies. He mentioned that Elon's children ...

Although many researchers assume that birthday celebrations date back to the ancient Egyptians, the earliest textual evidence of a birthday party proves these annual events are much older.

But she considered everybody family — God sisters and brothers ... are dancing or showing off new outfits, you can always hear Manning in the background hype them up. Roundheart remembers ...