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Study: Transmission of River Blindness May Be Reduced When Vegetation is Removed

The World Health Organization has set a goal to eliminate river blindness, a neglected tropical disease found mostly in African villages near fast-flowing rivers and streams, by...

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Health and Society

New Study Unravels the Complexity of Childhood Obesity

The World Health Organization has estimated more than 340 million children and adolescents ages 5-19 are overweight or obese, and the epidemic has been linked to more deaths...

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Religion and Philosophy

Suffering and Hope with Lindy Wynne

Leonard DeLorenzo for Church Life Today welcomes Lindy Wynne, founder of “Mommas in Spirit”, to talk about her ministry, suffering, hope, and how to be present to each other....

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Health and Society

Poverty in America: Is Progress Possible in our Polarized Times?

LEO’s Managing Director Heather Reynolds joined the American Enterprise Institute and other poverty experts for a panel discussion on “Poverty in America: Is Progress Possible...

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Law and Politics

On Democracy and Difficult Questions

The idea behind this show is pretty simple: We invite scholars, makers, and professionals out to brunch for an informal conversation about their work, and then we turn those...

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Art and History

December Films and Top 3 with Guest Don Crafton

Ted and Ricky run through the Browning Cinema’s compact December schedule, which includes Robert Zemickis’s take on The Christmas Carol, a stunning new production of A...

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Health and Society

Harrison Ayre on Social Media and Communion

Leonard DeLorenzo for Church Life Today welcomes Father Harrison Ayre to discuss the question: is social media a means of isolation or an instrument of communion? Father Ayre is...

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Health and Society

Practicing Presence in Neglected Neighborhoods ft. Jonathan “Pastah J” Brooks

Where am I supposed to be and where will I be most transformed? Jonathan “Pastah J” Brooks challenges us with this question in today’s episode. Jonathan currently serves as...

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Art and History

Fighting to Build on Tradition

On the Navajo Nation, a territory encompassing 27,000 square miles across Arizona, New Mexico and Utah, sits a lone Catholic school — Saint Michael Indian School. There, 400...

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Health and Society

Recognizing the Dignity of Work in the Appalachian Region ft. Brandon Dennison

Listening to those closest to both the challenges and the beauty of the Appalachian region is critical to the success of a more diversified and stable local economy. Brandon...

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Notre Dame Forum

Archbishop Charles Scicluna in Conversation with Students

In the second major event of the 2019-20 Notre Dame Forum series, Malta Archbishop Charles Scicluna, adjunct secretary of the Vatican’s Congregation for the Doctrine of the...

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