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VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis marked Ash Wednesday on his 20th day in Rome’s Gemelli hospital by taking part in the rite of the blessing of the ashes and receiving them in a short prayer service, the Vatican said. While the 88-year-old pope’s overall clinical case remained complex, his condition was “stable” and he…
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For the past six decades, the agency has been operated on the morally bankrupt principle that the best way to eliminate poverty is to eliminate the children of the poor. (Michael Hichborn and Steven Mosher/National Catholic Register) — The National … Continue reading → The post USAID Has Always Been About Population Control appeared first…
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Yesterday — before the President’s speech last night — Phil Lawler published an excellent opinion piece on an issue that is or should be of paramount importance to Catholics who would like to see respect for the Natural Law enshrined … Continue reading → The post Phil Lawler’s Sage Catholic Political Advice: ‘Don’t give Trump…
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ROME (CNS) — The journey of Lent “unfolds amid the remembrance of our fragility and the hope that, at the end of the road, the Risen Lord is waiting for us,” Pope Francis wrote in his homily for Ash Wednesday. “Indeed, the ashes help to remind us that our lives are fragile and insignificant: we…
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Colette was the daughter of a carpenter named DeBoilet at Corby Abbey in Picardy, France. She was born on January 13, christened Nicolette, and called Colette. Orphaned at seventeen, she distributed her inheritance to the poor. She became a Franciscan tertiary, and lived at Corby as a solitary. She soon became well known for her…
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WASHINGTON – “As Catholics in a global Church, we witness to the power of God’s love through our presence and assistance to those who are vulnerable,” said Bishop A. Elias Zaidan, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on International Justice and Peace. Bishop Zaidan encouraged the faithful to remember the vulnerable around…
Lent is meant to be a time set apart—a sacred season to cultivate a deeper union with Christ. It can be described as a “desert place,” removed from the normal comforts of life—a place where we encounter the Lord in prayer, fasting, and almsgiving. It is in this place, in this relationship with Him, that…
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Have you ever noticed that we never really see any mean or terrifying statues or images of Christ? Why is that? The Catholic convert G.K. Chesterton noted back in 1925 how the experts portrayed the Jesus of the New Testament as a most merciful and kind lover of humanity. They also argued that the Church…
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Reading 1 Joel 2:12-18 Even now, says the LORD, return to me with your whole heart, with fasting, and weeping, and mourning; Rend your hearts, not your garments, and return to the LORD, your God. For gracious and merciful is he, slow to anger, rich in kindness, and relenting in punishment. Perhaps he will again…
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis has not had any further respiratory crises a day after he experienced two of them, the Vatican said, and his condition remained “stable.” The 88-year-old pope “presented no episodes of respiratory insufficiency or bronchospasm,” the Vatican said in its evening medical bulletin March 4. He remained without fever, was…
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