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I very much enjoyed Suellen Brewster’s two-part presentation on the message of La Salette. It may be of interest to Catholic Exchange readers to become acquainted with what the eminent Catholic philosopher, Jacques Maritain, had to say about the Apparition. The source of my postscript is Maritain’s Notebooks. Maritain and his wife, Raissa, had been…
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Readings for the Memorial of Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini, Virgin [In the Dioceses of the United States] Reading 1 Ti 3:1-7 Beloved:Remind them to be under the control of magistrates and authorities,to be obedient, to be open to every good enterprise.They are to slander no one, to be peaceable, considerate,exercising all graciousness toward everyone.For we…
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BALTIMORE – At their Fall Plenary Assembly in Baltimore, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) voted for a Conference treasurer and chairmen for five standing committees. The Conference treasurer also serves as the chairman of the Committee on Budget and Finance. All six bishops will serve for one year as chairmen-elect before beginning a three-year…
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Catholic institutions and individuals have hundreds of millions of dollars to invest but have almost no investment funds tailored to ensuring their money goes only to companies that respect Catholic moral and social teaching, said the head of the Vatican bank. In response, Jean-Baptiste de Franssu, president of the Institute for…
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Aimed at reaching out to people unable to go to Rome for the Holy Year and helping the millions who are expected to visit St. Peter’s Basilica, the Vatican teamed up with Microsoft and other specialized experts to create a “digital twin” of the church for an immersive and more meaningful…
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(Hannah Brockhaus/CNA) — At the Vatican on Monday, Pope Francis recalled the hospitality and peacemaking of St. Bernard of Aosta, the patron saint of mountaineers and Alpine travelers who lived one millennium ago and gave his name to the St. … Continue reading → The post Pope Francis marks first millennium since birth of St….
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St. Frances Xavier Cabrini was born as Maria Francesca Cabrini on July 15, 1850 in Sant’ Angelo Lodigiano, Lombardy, Italy. She was born two months premature and the youngest of thirteen children. Unfortunately, only three of her siblings survived past adolescence and Frances would live most of her life in a fragile and delicate state…
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On September 19, 2024, after four decades of inquiry, controversy, and delay, the newly formed Vatican’s Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith approved the alleged apparitions of Our Lady of Medjugorje for “public acts of devotion” with a nihil obstat (“nothing prevents”), but it stopped short of declaring its “of supernatural origin.” Given the…
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Why can’t we love God and neighbor as we know we should? We pray a lot for the grace of fervent charity, meditate on the word of God, confess our sins regularly, and receive Holy Communion. So why do we still struggle to give ourselves to God and to others selflessly? Maybe we should first…
Readings for the Memorial of Saint Josaphat, Bishop and Martyr Reading 1 Ti 2:1-8, 11-14 Beloved:You must say what is consistent with sound doctrine,namely, that older men should be temperate, dignified,self-controlled, sound in faith, love, and endurance.Similarly, older women should be reverent in their behavior,not slanderers, not addicted to drink,teaching what is good, so that…