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St. Pachomius was born about 292 in the Upeer Thebaid in Egypt and was inducted into the Emperor’s army as a twenty-year-old. The great kindness of Christians at Thebes toward the soldiers became embedded in his mind and led to his conversion after his discharge. After being baptized, he became a disciple of an anchorite,…
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The Eucharist is the source and summit of the Christian life. — Lumen Gentium, 11 The election of a new pope is never merely a matter of succession. It is a spiritual moment for the whole Church—a time of anticipation, examination, and hope. In the current conclave, as the College of Cardinals considers who will…
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Recently, I was standing in my backyard burning directions and a small box for divination bones that someone had asked me to decommission for them. I burned everything I could and then buried the bones with exorcised salt and holy water and prayed they would never be found. I followed a protocol a priest-friend had…
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The Apparition of Saint Michael the Archangel is a revered event traditionally dated to the late 5th century near Monte Gargano in southern Italy. According to legend, a wealthy landowner lost his prized bull, which was later found kneeling inside a cave. When an arrow was shot into the cave to drive the animal out,…
Reading 1 Acts 8:26-40 The angel of the Lord spoke to Philip, “Get up and head south on the road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza, the desert route.” So he got up and set out. Now there was an Ethiopian eunuch, a court official of the Candace, that is, the queen of the…
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — As expected, the 133 cardinals who entered the Sistine Chapel May 7 failed to elect the next pope on their first ballot. After celebrating Mass for the election of a pope, processing into the Sistine Chapel and swearing a solemn oath of perpetual secrecy on the conclave proceedings, the cardinal electors…
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Invoking the help of the Holy Spirit and recognizing that millions of people all over the world were praying for them, 133 cardinals entered the Sistine Chapel with a singular goal: to elect “a worthy pastor” for the universal church. Italian Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the top-ranking cardinal among the electors, led…
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