“Skull of St Thomas Aquinas arrives in US, offers rare chance to view first-class relic” by Christine Rousselle, December 3, 2024, accessed 12/08/2024. Note how this headline is written from a non-skeptical, Roman Catholic perspective. We’re told that the skull is a “first-class relic” as if this an established fact.

“Pete Hegseth and His ‘Battle Cry’ for a New Christian Nationalism” by Mike Baker and Ruth Graham, The New York Times, December 5, 2024, accessed 12/8/2024.

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