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AJACCIO, France (CNS) — As Pope Francis became the first pope to celebrate Mass on the French island of Corsica Dec. 15, the usual excitement of an open-air Mass with the pope was combined with the flair and pageantry of a Renaissance fair. Throngs of Corsicans, dressed in medieval outfits and carrying banners depicting Marian…
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) — In a letter to his nuncio in Russia, Pope Francis called out those who would claim Russia’s war on Ukraine had any spiritual justification. Saying he wanted to speak on behalf of the war’s victims, Pope Francis said that “their cry rises to God, invoking peace instead of war, dialogue instead…
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We Americans have a bad habit of sticking white hats and black hats on our politicians. If one guy is evil, the other guy must be good. Such binaries do not reflect reality. Look only at one issue: abortion. The … Continue reading → The post Mr. Trump Is Not Pro-Life: He Commits to Keeping…
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Olympias born into a wealthy noble Constantinople family. She was orphaned when a child and was given over to the care of Theodosia by her uncle, the prefect Procopius. She married Nebridius, also a prefect, was widowed soon after, refused several offers of marriage, and had her fortune put in trust until she was thirty…
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St. Matthew’s Gospel is a fascinating read, full of the tension and the conflict we find in classic literature. Although the details are sparse, it’s no less compelling for the studious reader. Typically, commentators talk about the Gospel as having a prologue in chapters 1-3 which deal with Jesus’ birth and mission and an epilogue…
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Many are called to Married Life; God Himself directed man and woman to “be fertile and multiply.” But others are called to give themselves totally and unreservedly to God in the Religious Life, by embracing the evangelical vows of chastity, poverty, and obedience in imitation of the Master and Model Jesus. There’s also the call…
Reading I Nm 24:2-7, 15-17a When Balaam raised his eyes and saw Israel encamped, tribe by tribe, the spirit of God came upon him, and he gave voice to his oracle: The utterance of Balaam, son of Beor, the utterance of a man whose eye is true, The utterance…
ROME (CNS) — Making his customary visit to the Rome Basilica of St. Mary Major to pray before his trip to the French island of Corsica, Pope Francis also met and prayed with dozens of actors staging a living Nativity scene. For the third year in a row, the basilica and an Italian association that…
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An archbishop and scholar, Ado was born in Sens and educated at the Benedictine abbey of Ferrieres. Abbot Lupus Servatus, an outstanding humanist of the time, trained Ado, and was impressed with the obvious holiness of the young man. A noble by birth, Ado renounced his inheritance and became a Benedictine, in time assigned to…
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St. Christina the Astonishing: A Life of Miraculous Faith and Dedication Story of St. Christina the Astonishing: St. Christina the Astonishing was born in Belgium around 1150 and is known for the extraordinary and miraculous events surrounding her life. From a young age, Christina displayed a deep devotion to God. At the age of 21,…