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WASHINGTON – “As Congress continues to work towards budget reconciliation legislation, we implore them to protect programs such as Medicaid and SNAP and to expand the Child Tax Credit (CTC) to the most vulnerable children,” said Archbishop Borys Gudziak, chairman of the USCCB’s Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development, and asserted that the Catholic…
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis is going without supplemental oxygen for longer periods and is continuing therapy to recover his voice and to recover his physical strength, the Vatican press office said, but he also is increasing the number of private meetings he is holding with the heads of Vatican offices. Briefing reporters April…
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St. Bernadette was born in Lourdes, France on January 7, 1844. Her parents were very poor and she was the first of nine children. She was baptized at St. Pierre’s, the local parish church, on January 9. As a toddler, Bernadette contracted cholera and suffered extreme asthma. Unfortunately, she lived the rest of her life…
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(Middle East Monitor) — The Israeli occupation army demolished a statue of Saint George in the town of Yaroun, in the Nabatieh Governorate in southern Lebanon, as Christians marked Palm Sunday, according to Lebanese media. The Lebanese National News Agency (NNA) shared … Continue reading → The post Israel Demolishes Statue of Saint George in Southern Lebanon…
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There is a time-honored (and somewhat terrifying) theory that the way a child beholds their parents will form the way a child beholds God. This concept of projection from parent to God was explored and expounded upon by philosophers like Heidegger, Marx, and Freud, taking on new relevance with the passage of time—especially considering that…
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I began my religious and priestly training in the seminary with the feeling that I was going to fail. I struggled to overcome this lingering doubt that I could persevere through formation to the end. It was only after some spiritual direction that I discovered how the many areas of condemnation that I had were…
Reading 1 Isaiah 49:1-6 Hear me, O islands, listen, O distant peoples. The LORD called me from birth, from my mother’s womb he gave me my name. He made of me a sharp-edged sword and concealed me in the shadow of his arm. He made me a polished arrow, in his quiver he hid me….
St. Paternus was born around the late 5th century in Poitiers, France, into a devout Christian family. Feeling called to a life of holiness, he became a monk and later a hermit, seeking silence and simplicity to deepen his relationship with God. Eventually, his wisdom and virtue led to his appointment as Bishop of Avranches…