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Did Pope Leo just quote a Bob Dylan deep cut?

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By James Keane
| America Magazine Verified
Popes like citations. You don’t need to read a papal encyclical to recognize this; everything from an apostolic constitution to a motu proprio to a published homily that comes from the pontiff’s pen will inevitably include dozens and perhaps hundreds of references to the church’s intellectual patrimony. Scripture or church documents usually dominate, and for the last half-century, the documents of the Second Vatican Council have often taken pride of place in the footnotes. Sometimes popes go rogue.
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Space

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By Matt Emerson, John Dougherty, James Keane
| America Magazine Verified
Posted inFaith in Focus The best thing about our trip to the Lowell Observatory was not in obtaining information, but in experiencing, with my sons, a shared awe. Posted inFilm Steven Speilberg’s films about humanity encountering alien life all have a distinctly spiritual flavor. Posted inCatholic Book Club Maybe today—tonight—we should all take another look at “Earthset.” We need to feel anew a sense of identification with humankind and the planet as a whole.
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No one reads anymore. But you should if you want to be a good Catholic.

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By James Keane
| America Magazine Verified
“Tolle lege.” St. Augustine tells us in his Confessions that during a time of great intellectual and emotional tumult, he heard the voice of a young child singing those words: “Take and read.” He then picked up a Bible and read a passage from Romans that kickstarted his journey to discipleship.
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