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One Giant Leap for Mankind

NEWS ITEM: The New York Times tweeted Wednesday, “The Apollo program was designed by men, for men. If we do not acknowledge the gender bias of the early space program, it becomes difficult to move past it.”

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Pat Cross Cartoons July 20, 2019

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Pat Cross Pat Cross (see 2017 Register profile here) is a political cartoonist and illustrator. His work is regularly published at National Review, The American Spectator, Townhall.com, TheCollegeFix.com, and in First Things Magazine. Patrick graduated with a BA in Liberal Arts from Thomas Aquinas College. He lives in Leominster, Massachusetts. To see more of his cartoons visit his blog, patcrosscartoons.com.

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Fifty years ago, 650 million people watched as astronaut Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon. And this week, Christ Cathedral was dedicated in California, marking the transformation of the famed Protestant Crystal Cathedral into America’s newest Catholic cathedral.

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Above, Neil Armstrong (reflected in visor) and Edwin ‘Buzz’ Aldrin (in spacesuit) set foot on the moon on July 20, 1969. Also seen below, the astronauts captured a beautiful image of Earth rising above the moon’s horizon from Apollo 11. Also below: the mission patch and other iconic moonshot photos, along with a solo photo of astronaut Armstrong. Bottom of page: All three Apollo 11 astronauts, Michael Collins (l) and Neil Armstrong (r) shown, and their wives attend an audience with Pope Paul VI in the Papal Library Oct. 16, 1969.

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Vatican flag waves in the wind next to a flag of China.

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The Vatican also published Thursday a general schedule for the October assembly, which will begin with an opening Mass in St. Peter’s Square on Oct. 4 and close with Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica on Oct. 29.

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