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Pope Francis on Monday (June 2) warned married couples against substituting cats and dogs for children — a move that he said leads to the “bitterness of loneliness” in old age.

Whitworth University has been awarded $400,000 from the M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust to build an internship program within the university’s new Office of Church Engagement.

At first look, it seems like Lama Lakshey Zangpo is their father. He scrambles to pay the Spokane Falls Community College tuition for Jigmed Dawa and Jigmed Tubtel.

Americans are showing more tolerance for a range of behaviors, with sex between unmarried adults, medical research on stem cells from human embryos, and doctor-assisted suicide all showing record highs and increases in “moral acceptability” from last year.

There are lots of new faces around here! First, meet our new writers — Patricia Bruininks and Lucas Thayer. Bruininks teaches courses such on Psychology of Poverty & Social Class and Love, Altruism, & Forgiveness at Whitworth University and regularly studies and conducts research on the emotion of hope.       …

As Brazil counts down to the opening of the World Cup on June 12, churches in cities hosting the international soccer tournament are not content to sit on the sidelines and cheer.