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The consensus seems to be that today’s students are less capable than in the past. On the surface, this appears to be true. Rose Horowitch, in a deeply reported piece for The Atlantic, discussed how college students at elite institutions are no longer prepared to read books. Likewise, Carley Suthers, for Buzzfeed, collected online comments…
Pope Francis, in accordance with an ancient tradition, proclaimed 2025 a Jubilee Year with the central theme of hope. He qualifies hope saying, “This hope has nothing to do with mere ‘human’ optimism or the ephemeral expectation of some earthly benefit.” He calls on us all to be “pilgrims of hope.” Certainly, seriously ill people and…
Reading I 1 John 5:5-13 Beloved: Who indeed is the victor over the world but the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God? This is the one who came through water and Blood, Jesus Christ, not by water alone, but by water and Blood. The Spirit is the one who testifies, and…
Anno Domini 2025 is a Jubilee Year, proclaimed to be so by His Holiness, Pope Francis in his May 9, 2024 Bull of Intinction, Spes Non Confudit. It began on Christmas Eve, 2024, and will conclude on the Feast of … Continue reading → The post This Jubilee Year, Heap Coals of Fire Upon Your…
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) — During the Holy Year 2025, the international community should strive “to overcome the logic of confrontation and embrace instead the logic of encounter,” Pope Francis told ambassadors and other diplomats accredited to the Holy See. In accordance with the biblical tradition of jubilees, the Holy Year is a time to rediscover…
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William Berruyer, of the illustrious family of the ancient counts of Nevers, was educated by Peter the hermit, archdeacon of Soissons, his uncle by the mother’s side. He learned from his infancy to despise the folly and emptiness of the riches and grandeur of the world, to abhor its pleasures, and to tremble at its…
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There is a profound spiritual renewal taking place in the heart of the Church. It is subtle and can only be found in the still small whisper of the Lord. I noticed it within myself in the last few years. Conversations I had with friends in both the laity and the priesthood began to shift….
Death comes as a thief in the night, we are told by a reliable authority. And death spares no one. We distinguish between those who are celebrities and those who are not. Death makes no such distinction. We think of giants of the silver screen as “stars.” But even stars perish. The entire universe, physicists…
Reading I 1 John 4:19–5:4 Beloved, we love God because he first loved us. If anyone says, “I love God,” but hates his brother, he is a liar; for whoever does not love a brother whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen. This is the commandment we have from him:…
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — While society is increasingly focused on pushing the limits of human achievement, it must not lose sight of its duty to protect the dignity of the vulnerable, especially children exploited by the “scourge of child labor,” Pope Francis said. “Today we know how to turn our eyes toward Mars or virtual…
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