Month: March 2025

Dominican preacher and missionary crusader. A native of Bergamo, Italy, he joined the Dominicans in 1319 and soon distinguished himself as a brilliant preacher, attracting huge crowds throughout northern Italy. Pleased with his ability to reach large numbers of believers, he announced in 1335 his intention to go on a pilgrimage to Rome. When Pope…

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(Francesca Pollio Fenton/CNA) — Mel Gibson’s sequel to “The Passion of the Christ” — “The Resurrection of the Christ” — is set to begin production in Italy this August, according to Manuela Cacciamani, CEO of Rome’s Cinecittà Studios. “I can … Continue reading → The post Mel Gibson’s ‘The Resurrection of the Christ’ to begin…

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(Everyday For Life Canada via LifeSiteNews) — Dorothy Bob joined the Sisters of St. Ann in 1960 in British Columbia. Nothing unusual about that. What isn’t so usual is that she was the first indigenous woman to enter the order of nuns. She … Continue reading → The post First indigenous nun at Canadian school contradicts anti-Catholic ‘mass…

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I am the Lord your God: hear my voice. (Ps. 81:11,9) There are a few steps we must follow if we want to learn to hear the voice of God—most of them very basic, very simple—and yet often we don’t follow these basic, simple steps, because the instructions we’re given seem to us too basic…

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When a person thinks back to the colonial American past, imagining what the first Catholic missionaries who braved the elements, journeyed into the forests, and canoed down American rivers, must have been like, they are thinking of such a person as Frère Louis Hennepin, the epitome of the Catholic missionary in America. Frère Hennepin was…

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Reading 1 Jeremiah 7:23-28 Thus says the LORD: This is what I commanded my people: Listen to my voice; then I will be your God and you shall be my people. Walk in all the ways that I command you, so that you may prosper. But they obeyed not, nor did they pay heed. They…

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VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Jesus seeks out people in their woundedness and isolation to offer healing and hope, even when they feel furthest from God, Pope Francis said in a prepared catechesis. “Jesus awaits us and lets himself be found precisely when we think there is no longer hope for us,” the pope wrote in…

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(Bridget Sielicki/Live Action via LifeSiteNews) — Lawmakers in the Delaware House approved a bill Tuesday that would legalize assisted suicide in the state. The legislation passed in a narrow 21-17 vote, with three members absent. House Bill 140 would allow a … Continue reading → The post Delaware House narrowly passes bill to legalize assisted suicide…

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Bishop and missionary, also listed as Robert of Hrodbert. A member of a noble Frankish family, he was appointed bishop of Worms, Germany, and then dedicated himself to spreading the faith among the Germans. With the patronage of Duke Thedo of Bavaria, he took over the deserted town of luvavum about 697, which was renamed…

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(Stephen Kokx/LifeSiteNews) — Joe Rogan has Christians on social media abuzz after he shared a video on his X account this week about the Shroud of Turin, the burial cloth of Our Lord.  On Monday, Rogan called a 48-minute-long presentation … Continue reading → The post Joe Rogan calls Shroud of Turin video ‘pretty fascinating’…

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