The Star by Arthur C. Clarke - A magnificent race had died in that nova. The Enigma was: Why?
It is three thousand light-years to the Vatican. Once I believed that space could have no power over Faith. Just as I believed that the heavens declared the glory of God's handiwork. Now I have seen that handiwork, and my faith is sorely troubled.
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