<div style="font-size: 19px; font-family: 'Georgia', serif;"><p>Sunday's New York Times&nbsp;<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/business/economic-divide-spending-in… a story</a> about income inequality and how the wealthy are flourishing while the working class struggles more and more. This is hardly news. But one paragraph jumped off the page and into my craw:</p>

<div style="font-size: 19px; font-family: 'Georgia', serif;"><p>Sunday's New York Times&nbsp;<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/business/economic-divide-spending-in… a story</a> about income inequality and how the wealthy are flourishing while the working class struggles more and more. This is hardly news. But one paragraph jumped off the page and into my craw:</p>

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<h2><a style="color: #04619d; text-decoration: none;" href="https://www.ncronline.org/opinion/guest-voices/pope-leo-stresses-script… Leo stresses Scripture as foundation of Christian concern for poor</a></h2><div style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="byline">by Thomas Reese, Religion News Service</div><div style="font-size: 19px; font-fa

<h2><a style="color: #04619d; text-decoration: none;" href="https://www.ncronline.org/spirituality/twenty-ninth-sunday-ordinary-tim… Sunday in Ordinary Time: The magic of persistence</a></h2><div style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="byline">by Mary M.

<h2><a style="color: #04619d; text-decoration: none;" href="https://www.ncronline.org/culture/book-reviews/catholicity-julia-camero… Catholicity of Julia Cameron's 'The Artist's Way'</a></h2><div style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="byline">by Jean P.