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When a person thinks back to the colonial American past, imagining what the first Catholic missionaries who braved the elements, journeyed into the forests, and canoed down American rivers, must have been like, they are thinking of such a person as Frère Louis Hennepin, the epitome of the Catholic missionary in America. Frère Hennepin was…
Reading 1 Jeremiah 7:23-28 Thus says the LORD: This is what I commanded my people: Listen to my voice; then I will be your God and you shall be my people. Walk in all the ways that I command you, so that you may prosper. But they obeyed not, nor did they pay heed. They…
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Jesus seeks out people in their woundedness and isolation to offer healing and hope, even when they feel furthest from God, Pope Francis said in a prepared catechesis. “Jesus awaits us and lets himself be found precisely when we think there is no longer hope for us,” the pope wrote in…
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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…