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Monday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time
Reading 1 Genesis 4:1-15, 25 The man had relations with his wife Eve, and she conceived and bore Cain, saying, “I have produced a man with the help of the …
Year: 2025
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Pope calls artists to be ‘custodians of the beatitudes’ during Jubilee
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Artists and cultural figures must be “custodians of the beatitudes,” embracing their vocation to create beauty, reveal truth and inspire hope in a troubled world, Pope …
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Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Reading I Jeremiah 17:5-8 Thus says the LORD: Cursed is the one who trusts in human beings, who seeks his strength in flesh, whose heart turns away from the LORD. …
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Septuagesimatide: Slow and steady progress is the Catholic way
Human beings are often awed by dramatic and immediate transformations. This isn’t necessarily a bad thing: the seemingly miraculous turns in someone else often reveal to us possibilities for ourselves …
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NY Encounter: Technology is costing us our humanity, experts say
Left to right: Paolo Carozza, a law professor at the University of Notre Dame; Christine Rosen, senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, and Carter Snead, a Notre Dame law …
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New book explores how Catholics experience the Bible
Fordham University theology professor Michael Peppard shares an interesting anecdote about when he and his publisher were trying to find the right title for his new book. An editor suggested …
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Vatican: Pope Francis, in hospital for respiratory infection, is improving
Pope Francis is continuing his treatment for a respiratory infection at Rome’s Gemelli Hospital but his condition is improving, according to a Feb. 15 update from the Vatican press office.
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The King is the Context
Readings: • Jer 17:5-8 • Psa 1:1-2, 3, 4 and 6 • 1 Cor 15:12, 16-20 • Lk 6:17, 20-26 “Context,” I have read, “is king.” While such a saying …
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New animated film honors legacy of 21 Coptic Martyrs on 10th anniversary of their martyrdom
On Feb. 15, 2015, ISIS militants brutally executed 21 Coptic Christian prisoners on a beach in Libya. Now, on the 10th anniversary of their deaths, a short animated film called …
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Sister Raffaella Petrini appointed president of Vatican governorate
Sister Raffaella Petrini. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/EWTN News CNA Newsroom, Feb 15, 2025 / 07:15 am (CNA). Pope Francis has appointed Sister Raffaella Petrini, F.S.E., as President of the Pontifical …