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Foundress of the Little Sisters of the Poor. Born in Catalonia, Spain, she overcame many difficulties in her youth and eventually became a teacher at Lerida. Desirous to enter the religious life, she failed to win entry into the convent at the advice of her spiritual director, decided to launch her own congregation. On January…

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Reading 1 2 Thes 1:1-5, 11-12 Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy to the Church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. We ought to thank God always for you, brothers and sisters, as is fitting, because your…

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VATICAN CITY (CNS) — “Please, let no Christian church be abolished directly or indirectly: the churches are not to be touched,” Pope Francis said about a Ukrainian law banning the Russian Orthodox Church, which President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed Aug. 24, Ukrainian independence day. “I continue to follow with sorrow the fighting in Ukraine and the…

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VATICAN CITY (CNS) — When Christians spend time with Jesus in adoration or receive him in the Eucharist, they cannot help but spread his love with others, Pope Francis said. “When you have met Christ in adoration, when you have touched him and received him in the Eucharistic celebration, you can no longer keep him…

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Reading 1: 2 Thessalonians 1:11-12, Reading 1: 2 Thessalonians 1:1-5, Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 96:1-5, Gospel: Matthew 23:13-22