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The Red Mass took place on October 4 at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Washington. Bishop Michael Burbidge of Arlington preached, “Imagine the darkness and evils that would be eradicated, if we heard the Word of God and followed it…
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MPAA Rating: NR USCCB Rating: NR Reel Rating: 5 out of 5 reels Prior to seeing this documentary, which opens in theaters on October 9th, I knew nothing about Fr. Patrick Peyton. This is surprising […]
Read MoreAt the conclusion of his October 4 Sunday Angelus address, Pope Francis said, “Let us now turn to Mary Most Holy, spiritually united with the faithful gathered in the Shrine of Pompeii for the Supplication, and in October let us renew our commi…
Read MoreIn his October 4 Sunday Angelus address (video), Pope Francis reflected on Matthew 23:33-43, the Gospel of the day. “The vineyard is the Lord’s, not ours,” he said. “Authority is a service, and as such should be exercised, for …
Read MoreIn a September 23rd America magazine piece entitled “Electing Republicans has not reversed Roe v. Wade. It’s time to change our strategy” DePaul University professor William Cavanaugh claims pro-life advocates should abandon the goal of […]
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Caritas India has been named the Best NGO for healthcare services in country, highlighting the contribution the Catholic charitable agency has been making in India during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Pope Francis is presenting the Church’s “consistent message” and is inviting individuals and nations to “slow down and to listen and to engage with our brothers and sisters,” says Bishop Richard Moth of Arundel and Brighton.
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Pope Francis’s latest encyclical, Fratelli Tutti, on the theme of human fraternity and a call for the world to be better after the COVID-19, was released on Sunday, and one of his ghostwriters urged Argentines not to take it personal and to read the pope in full.
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Love is not just evidence of God. It is an immediate, intimate and intense experience of Him. It is a mystical event He encourages us to seek every day of our lives with Him and with everyone we encounter.
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Throughout her Diary, St. Faustina recorded promises Jesus made not only to her but to those who would pray to, promote, and trust in Divine Mercy. To those souls who venerate the image of Divine Mercy “I promise that the soul that will venerate this image will not perish. I also promise victory over [its] […]
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Robert Royal grades the pope’s new encyclical, which is crowded with mountains of repetition, conceptual vagueness, and utopian aspirations.
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Something happens to Mary over the course of the gospels. She seems to fade away. When we first meet Mary, she is at the center of the story. She is ‘full of grace’—so holy and honored that even the archangel kneels before her. In the Old Testament, God’s cloud of fire settled on Mt. Sinai. […]
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There is an urgency and clarity about Suday’s Gospel that is often lacking in modern Christians, including the clergy. In…
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Read MoreMan cannot live without love. He remains a being that is incomprehensible for himself, his life is senseless, if love…
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The Holy Father calls for a “better kind of politics,” a more “open world,” and paths of renewed encounter and…
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A great global crisis has rocked the world, leaving millions afflicted and sowing fear everywhere. The shock polarizes societies, radicalizes…
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Catholic migrant ministries in Guatemala are attending to a caravan that formed in Honduras and is heading northward toward the…
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“O the incredible dignity of Mary! We should imitate her purity, which represents so perfectly that of the Church.”— Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet, Meditations on Mary
Read MorePope Francis’ social encyclical, Fratelli Tutt was published on October 4, 2020, the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi. The Vatican presented the 200-page text to the press, which presents to some extent the Holy Father’s vision for a post-pandemic world, which seeks to answer what constitutes “the great ideals but also the tangible ways to advance for those who wish to build a more just and fraternal world in their ordinary relationships, in social life, politics and institutions.”
Read MoreBorn in Füssen, Germany in 1819, Bl. Francis Xavier Seelos entered the diocesan seminary, and, coming to know the charism of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer, joined it and was sent to North America. Ordained a priest in 1844, he began his pa…
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