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“Has none but this foreigner returned to give thanks to God?” Then he said to him, “Stand up and go; your faith has saved you.” (Lk 17:18-19) The Gospel passage this Thanksgiving Day, about the grateful man healed of leprosy, could not be a more appropriate selection. A reminder to us to always give thanks…
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Doubling down on the centrality of synodality in the Catholic Church, Pope Francis said that it is now up to local churches to accept and implement proposals from the final document approved the Synod of Bishops on synodality. Approved by the pope, the synod’s final document “participates in the ordinary magisterium…
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The claims Rod Dreher makes below are not, on their face, incredible. Some accusers and chancery officials have itchy trigger fingers when it comes to accusations. Knowing a little about the various “safe environment” policies that are in use in … Continue reading → The post Is Father Carlos Martins Being Publicly Slandered? appeared first…
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Eldest son of a shoemaker, John was born at Diest, Brabant. He early wanted to be a priest, and when thirteen became a servant in the household of one of the Cathedral canons at Malines, John Froymont. In 1615, he entered the newly founded Jesuit College at Malines, and the following year became a Jesuit…
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Reading 1 Rv 14:1-3, 4b-5 I, John, looked and there was the Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with him a hundred and forty-four thousand who had his name and his Father’s name written on their foreheads. I heard a sound from heaven like the sound of rushing water or a loud peal of thunder….
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On November 25th, the Church honors the virgin martyr Saint Catherine of Alexandria. She is a role model for women who feel called to an intellectual vocation as she was devoted to learning and achieved great knowledge even by a young age. According to the accounts of her life, Saint Catherine was a convert to…
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Peter Jackson’s adaptation of The Lord of the Rings is quite good. But sometimes he skips key details which reveal the Christian vision behind Tolkien’s work. One of these is the climatic episode of Aragorn’s coronation. In Jackson’s film, it rightly shows Gandalf placing the crown on Aragorn’s head, but it removes Frodo’s participation in…
Saint Catherine of Alexandria is a canonized saint in the Catholic Church who, per Christian tradition, was martyred around 305 in Alexandria, Egypt. Of course, the Church of the first Millennium was undivided. She is also recognized as the Great Martyr and Saint by the Orthodox Church. There are no surviving primary sources attesting to…
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) — While world events can seem chaotic, violent and out of control, Christians can be certain that “everything is ultimately subject to the judgment of Christ, the just and merciful king,” Pope Francis said at Mass. “Those who destroy people, who make wars, what will their faces look like when they come…
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Reading I Dn 7:13-14 As the visions during the night continued, I saw one like a Son of man coming, on the clouds of heaven; when he reached the Ancient One and was presented before him, the one like a Son of man received dominion, glory, and kingship;…
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