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(Bridget Sielicki/Live Action via LifeSiteNews) — Lawmakers in the Delaware House approved a bill Tuesday that would legalize assisted suicide in the state. The legislation passed in a narrow 21-17 vote, with three members absent. House Bill 140 would allow a … Continue reading → The post Delaware House narrowly passes bill to legalize assisted suicide…
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Bishop and missionary, also listed as Robert of Hrodbert. A member of a noble Frankish family, he was appointed bishop of Worms, Germany, and then dedicated himself to spreading the faith among the Germans. With the patronage of Duke Thedo of Bavaria, he took over the deserted town of luvavum about 697, which was renamed…
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(Stephen Kokx/LifeSiteNews) — Joe Rogan has Christians on social media abuzz after he shared a video on his X account this week about the Shroud of Turin, the burial cloth of Our Lord. On Monday, Rogan called a 48-minute-long presentation … Continue reading → The post Joe Rogan calls Shroud of Turin video ‘pretty fascinating’…
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Reading 1 Deuteronomy 4:1, 5-9 Moses spoke to the people and said: “Now, Israel, hear the statutes and decrees which I am teaching you to observe, that you may live, and may enter in and take possession of the land which the LORD, the God of your fathers, is giving you. Therefore, I teach you…
Fear is a fundamental feature of our life. It cannot be eradicated. It differs from pain insofar as it anticipates something and is not experienced directly. It is an anxiety about what might happen. Existential philosophers refer to fear as rooted in our very existence. They refer to it as “existential anxiety.” Therefore, it is…
“Mental prayer,” St. Teresa of Avila writes, “is nothing else than a close sharing between friends; it means taking time frequently to be alone with Him who we know loves us” (The Book of Her Life, ch. 8, par. 5). When we make time frequently to be alone with anyone we love, the time will…
WASHINGTON – On the release of the pastoral framework, “Life is always a good” from the Vatican’s Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life, Bishop Daniel E. Thomas, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Pro-Life Activities welcomed the framework that proposes a methodology for pastoral planning and synodal discernment. Bishop Thomas stated…
St. Margaret Clitherow was born in Middleton, England, in 1555, of protestant parents. Possessed of good looks and full of wit and merriment, she was a charming personality. In 1571, she married John Clitherow, a well-to-do grazier and butcher (to whom she bore two children), and a few years later entered the Catholic Church. Her…
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ROME (CNS) — For Pope Francis’ medical team at Rome’s Gemelli hospital, Feb. 28 was the worst day. “For the first time I saw tears in the eyes of some of the people around him,” Dr. Sergio Alfieri, the coordinator of his medical team, told the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera. “We were all aware…
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WASHINGTON – “The further devastation of Gaza will have dire implications for any future civil society development in the region and will likely exacerbate existing tensions for another generation,” said Bishop A. Elias Zaidan, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on International Justice and Peace, addressing the breakdown of the ceasefire agreement…
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