By Carl E. Olson on Dec 23, 2022 05:00 am
“There has fallen on earth for a token A god too great for the sky. He has burst out of all things and broken The bounds of eternity: Into time and the terminal land…” In [...]
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By Christopher R. Altieri on Dec 22, 2022 03:36 pm
What if I told you that a man with power of his own and access to more of it serially abused unsuspecting women who had turned to him for various reasons, both professional and personal, [...]
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By Bishop Thomas John Paprocki on Dec 22, 2022 12:53 pm
“Sympathy for the Devil” is the title of the 1968 Rolling Stones song composed by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards. “Sympathy for the Devil” could also be the title of the article written by Christopher [...]
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By Dr. R. Jared Staudt on Dec 22, 2022 04:00 am
We count our years from the birth of Christ, and Christmas begins the year of the Lord 2023. The secular practice of making a resolution for the new year can find deeper meaning when connected [...]
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By Jim Graves on Dec 21, 2022 11:31 pm
Bishop William Byrne, 58, has served as the Bishop of the Diocese of Springfield, Massachusetts since 2020. He grew up in Washington, D.C., where he attended Catholic schools, and was ordained a priest for the [...]
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By Thomas R. Ascik on Dec 21, 2022 05:39 pm
A group of American lay Catholics has asked the Supreme Court of the United States to incorporate statements by Pope Francis into American Constitutional decision-making. On December 5, the Court heard oral arguments in the [...]
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By Sean Salai on Dec 21, 2022 04:52 pm
Ambassador Michele Burke Bowe is the Order of Malta’s ambassador to Palestine and president of the Holy Family Hospital Foundation, the nonprofit arm of the only maternity hospital in the West Bank area of Israel. [...]
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By CWR Staff on Dec 21, 2022 04:20 am
Purgatory Now – “The practicing Catholic starts with the end-goal of heaven and more specifically the Beatific Vision, and, in working backwards, knows they must die in a state of grace in order to enjoy [...]
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By George Weigel on Dec 21, 2022 03:10 am
Now, on Christmas Day, the nine months have been fulfilled. What began on the day of Annunciation is made visible to the world in the person of the newborn babe of Bethlehem, who is both [...]
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By Dr. Edward Feser on Dec 20, 2022 11:46 pm
It is well-known that the Catholic Church teaches that popes are infallible when they speak ex cathedra or exercise their extraordinary magisterium. What that means is that if a pope formally presents some teaching in a manner [...]
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By Susan Ciancio on Dec 20, 2022 06:49 pm
While most Catholics have read the Bible or at least parts of it, not nearly as many have read the Catechism of the Catholic Church cover to cover. Ascension Press wants to change that, inviting [...]
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By Sister Renée Mirkes on Dec 19, 2022 10:24 pm
Recently, the Pontifical Academy for Life released a document under the English title Theological Ethics of Life: Scripture, Tradition, Practical Challenges.i The 530-page volume collects the Proceedings of a 2021 interdisciplinary study seminar held in [...]
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By Catholic News Agency on Dec 19, 2022 08:30 pm
Fr. Marko Ivan Rupnik, S.J., with the official image of the 10th World Meeting of Families in Rome. / Screenshot from Diocesi di Roma YouTube channel.
Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 19, 2022 / 18:30 pm (CNA).
The Vatican investigator who uncove... [...]
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By Andrea Gagliarducci, Catholic News Agency on Dec 19, 2022 10:45 am
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Rome Newsroom, Dec 19, 2022 / 08:45 am (CNA).
The latest round of hearings at the Vatican’s historic finance trial has revealed several twists that profoundly changed proceedings — and raised several questions for the cour... [...]
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By Dr. John Sehorn on Dec 19, 2022 04:39 am
The one whom the Apocalypse calls “Faithful and True” (Revelation 19:11)1 solemnly tells his disciples, “[E]very one who acknowledges me before men, I also will acknowledge before my Father who is in heaven; but whoever [...]
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By Carl E. Olson on Dec 18, 2022 11:03 pm
From Gianni Criveller, at AsiaNews yesterday: Pope Francis declared Fr Matteo Ricci venerable, making an important gift to the Church in China and all those hoping for such a result; he did it this morning, [...]
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By Catholic News Agency on Dec 18, 2022 01:29 pm
Father Frank Pavone / Credit: Priests for Life, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Washington D.C., Dec 18, 2022 / 11:29 am (CNA).
The national director of Priests for Life, Frank Pavone, canceled a scheduled live-streamed Mass today, one day... [...]
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By Fr. Charles Fox on Dec 18, 2022 04:00 am
We have all heard the expression: “Nothing lasts forever.” The expression is not entirely true, but it is true about many of the things we humans try to build ourselves and think are lasting. We [...]
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By Larry Chapp on Dec 17, 2022 09:15 pm
We are now near the conclusion of Advent and the Christmas season fast approaches. In the spirit of Advent, I was watching a YouTube video recently about the meaning of the Nativity. Doing so, I [...]
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By Catholic News Agency on Dec 17, 2022 07:05 pm
Father Frank Pavone / Credit: Priests for Life, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 17, 2022 / 17:05 pm (CNA).
Father Frank Pavone, a well-known pro-life activist and national director of the organization Priests... [...]
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By Nick Olszyk on Dec 17, 2022 04:36 pm
Distribution Service: Netflix MPAA Rating: PG USCCB Rating: Not rated at the time of this review Reel Rating: 2 out of 5 reels The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi, first published in 1883, is [...]
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By Catholic News Agency on Dec 17, 2022 10:00 am
Pope Francis celebrated his 86th birthday with the Missionaries of Charity, honoring three people who care for “the poorest of the poor” with the Mother Teresa Award on Dec. 17, 2022. / Vatican Media
Rome Newsroom, Dec 17, 2022 / 08:00 am (CNA)... [...]
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By Carl E. Olson on Dec 16, 2022 07:00 pm
Readings: • Isa 7:10-14 • Ps 24:1-2, 3-4, 5-6 • Rom 1:1-7 • Mt 1:18-24 “Looking on thee, O Unwedded One, and dreading a hidden wedlock, O Sinless One, the chaste Joseph was riven in [...]
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By George Weigel on Dec 16, 2022 03:37 pm
Bishop Heiner Wilmer, SCJ, the boyishly handsome bishop of Hildesheim in Lower Saxony, would likely not object to being counted among the most progressive bishops in a German episcopate dominated by progressives. Nor is the [...]
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By Catholic News Agency on Dec 16, 2022 09:00 am
Pope Francis speaks during his general audience on Oct. 26, 2022. / Vatican Media
Vatican City, Dec 16, 2022 / 07:00 am (CNA).
In a message sent to heads of state across the world, Pope Francis has asked leaders to reflect on what lessons can b... [...]
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