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In a message to a delegation of Orthodox prelates, Pope Francis said that the world must not return to its “normal” way of life as the Covid crisis eases. “Only one thing is more serious than this crisis,” he said, “and th…
Read More“A commission will be set up to vet applications for recognition of parishes, most of which do not yet have a legal status,” explained Steve Suwannarat of AsiaNews. “A parish must have a resident priest and at least 200 members before…
Read More“As world leaders work together to help bring an end to this pandemic, we are grateful for President Biden’s leadership to aid the poor and vulnerable around the world who remain most at-risk,” said Archbishop José Gomez of Los A…
Read MorePope Francis addressed this letter to the Coptic, Maronite, Melkite, Syriac, Armenian, Chaldean, and Latin Patriarchs as they consecrated the Middle East to the Holy Family.
Read MoreArchbishop Slawoj Glodz, sanctioned by the Vatican in March, retired to his hometown of 2,600 and has been elected mayor.In addition, two retired bishops have been sanctioned under the provisions of Pope Francis’s 2019 motu proprio Vos estis lu…
Read More“I have spoken personally directly with His Holiness, Pope Francis, to impress upon him how important it is not just that he makes an apology but that he makes an apology to indigenous Canadians on Canadian soil,” Prime Minister Justin Trud…
Read MoreIn Canada, four churches have been burned to the ground, and others vandalized, following the discovery of hundreds of unmarked graves at two former residential schools.Father Stefano Penna, rector of St. Paul’s Co-Cathedral in Saskatoon, said h…
Read MoreIt is normal to desire health and a long life. Tending to the health of our bodies is holy and commendable. Several beautiful verses in the Bible (Ps. 91 and Dt. 5:33, for example) invoke […]
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Two summers ago, we took a trip to Italy, and after emerging from the Catacombs, we stumbled onto the Quo Vadis church. “Quo Vadis?” (“Where are you going?”) refers to a story about St. Peter, passed down through pious tradition. In this story, Peter is fleeing Rome, where persecution is rampant. As he walks down […]
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Saying we have faith in God when life is going smooth is easy. When serious troubles are not a threat, confidence in God isn’t hard. The test is to check our faith when the waves of adversity are crashing against us. From my own experience, as a wife of 15 years and mother of eight children living on one income, life has been a challenge in multiple ways. With the financial state of […]
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Fr. Robert P. Imbelli: Working in stone or paint, concept and design were for Michelangelo never abstract ideas, but bodily realities.
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Fr. Robert P. Imbelli: Working in stone or paint, concept and design were for Michelangelo never abstract ideas, but bodily realities.
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Pope Francis received U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken for a private audience in the papal library of the Vatican’s…
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Two more Catholic churches on Indigenous land in B.C.’s Interior burned to the ground early Saturday morning. The latest were…
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Two more Catholic churches on Indigenous land in B.C.’s Interior burned to the ground early Saturday morning. The latest were…
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No thing, and no one in this world will endure the passage of time. All will be swept away, all…
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No thing, and no one in this world will endure the passage of time. All will be swept away, all…
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Read MoreWhat should be said of him cannot be said; By too great splendor is his name attended; To blame is…
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Read MoreWhat should be said of him cannot be said; By too great splendor is his name attended; To blame is…
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For the past week, one of the most ancient and sacred rituals of Christianity has become the focus of a…
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