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VATICAN CITY (CNS) — “Being ordained is not an ascent but a descent, whereby we make ourselves small, lower ourselves and divest ourselves,” Pope Francis said in a message to 23 men from eight countries, including three from the United States, who were ordained permanent deacons in St. Peter’s Basilica. The Feb. 23 ordination Mass…
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St. Polycarp was born around 69 AD and was a disciple of St. John the Apostle. As Bishop of Smyrna, he guided the early Church with wisdom, defending the faith against heresies and strengthening Christian communities facing persecution. He traveled to Rome to settle disputes on Church practices, always seeking unity among believers. In 155…
St. Polycarp was born around 69 AD and was a disciple of St. John the Apostle. As Bishop of Smyrna, he guided the early Church with wisdom, defending the faith against heresies and strengthening Christian communities facing persecution. He traveled to Rome to settle disputes on Church practices, always seeking unity among believers. In 155…
Reading I 1 Samuel 26:2, 7-9, 12-13, 22-23 In those days, Saul went down to the desert of Ziph with three thousand picked men of Israel, to search for David in the desert of Ziph. So David and Abishai went among Saul’s soldiers by night and found Saul lying asleep within the barricade, with his…
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis experienced “an asthmatic respiratory crisis of prolonged magnitude, which also required the use of oxygen at high flows” Feb. 22, said the daily medical bulletin released by the Vatican. In addition to needing more oxygen, which was administered through a nasal cannula, the bulletin said that the 88-year-old pope…
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