VIRGIN MOST POWERFUL
VIRGIN MOST POWERFUL THE MIGHT OF HUMILITY AND DIVINE GRACE INTRODUCTION Among the many beautiful titles given to the Blessed Virgin Mary in Catholic tradition, “Virgin Most Powerful” stands out […]
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Jul. 26 Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time; World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly, Sunday
From Sunday’s Gospel: “The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure buried in a field, which a person finds and hides again, and out of joy goes and sells all […]
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Pope Leo XIV urges halt to Mideast attacks, return to diplomacy
Pope Leo XIV on Sunday urged parties across the Middle East to suspend their attacks and reopen diplomatic negotiations, warning that escalating military operations were endangering civilians and worsening shortages […]
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St. Thomas Becket
St. Thomas Becket Feast date: Dec 29 St. Thomas was born in London, England around the year 1117. He was the son of pious parents, and his mother converted to […]
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Jul. 25 Feast of St. James, Apostle, Feast
The Feast of St. James, the Apostle, known as the Greater, is celebrated today. The designation “the Greater” is in order to distinguish him from the other Apostle St. James, […]
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The Holy House of Loreto
The Holy House of Loreto Feast date: Dec 10 Since its completion in the 16th century and possibly even earlier, the “Holy House” of Loreto has been numbered among the […]
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Ukraine and the limits of dialogue
Russian strikes are deliberately aimed at civilian sites, and while Ukrainian air defenses shoot down some of the missiles and drones, others get through. Innocents are killed and families lose […]
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Jul. 24 Friday of the Sixteenth Week in Ordinary Time; Opt Mem of St. Sharbel (Charbel) Makhlūf, Priest, Opt. Mem.
The Optional Memorial of St. Sharbel Makhlūf (1828-1868) is celebrated today. He was a Lebanese monk, born in a small mountain village and ordained in 1858. Devoted to the Blessed […]
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Vatican weighing papal trip to Ukraine
The Vatican will study the conditions needed for a possible trip by Pope Leo XIV to Ukraine, Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher said following a six-day pastoral and diplomatic mission to […]