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What's the Point of Praying for the Dead?

Prayer for the dead isn't appeasement or fire insurance. We pray for them because we know they're still alive--in Christ.

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My Dog, the Madonna

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Feast of All Souls

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My Triumph in a Taxi

My Triumph in a Taxi From Chicken Soup for the Soul: My Resolution

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What Catholics Believe

Central tenets of this faith, based on the questions in the Belief-O-Matic quiz.

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Four Years of Stress A Cautionary Tale

Four Years of Stress: A Cautionary Tale From Chicken Soup for the Soul: Teens Talk Getting In…to College

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St. Catherine of Genoa (1447-1510)

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Four Years of Stress A Cautionary Tale

Four Years of Stress: A Cautionary Tale From Chicken Soup for the Soul: Teens Talk Getting In�to College

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Homelessness: 'My Purgatory Here on Earth'

'I got kicked out of hotels, put in the local mental hospital, and shoved through doorways,' says a reader who was homeless.

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