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Podcast: ‘Know that the world belongs to God,’ says Wesley Granberg-Michaelson
This week “The Nonviolent Jesus Podcast” welcomes longtime justice activist and pastor Wesley Granberg-Michaelson.
Year: 2025
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Letter from Global South bishops for climate justice echoes among COP30 delegations
The joint appeal calls for an immediate halt on fossil fuel exploration and for the taxation of endeavors already in progress.
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Pixelated Popes and AI actors? Pope Leo draws the line
The introduction of AI generated actress Tilly Norwood and the revelation that Pope Leo XIV was offered his own digital avatar have sparked a firestorm of backlash around the world …
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‘Hero of the confessional’ beatified in Bari (Vatican News (Italian))
Father Carmelo De Palma (1876-1961), a diocesan priest known as the “hero of the confessional,” was beatified in Bari, Italy, on November 15. “In the many and varied duties of …
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‘So many forms of poverty oppress our world,’ Pope preaches on World Day of the Poor (Dicastery for Communication)
Pope Leo XIV celebrated Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica yesterday, the 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time and 9th World Day of the Poor. “So many forms of poverty oppress our …
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Pope highlights plight of persecuted Christians, civilians in DR Congo, Ukraine (Dicastery for Communication)
Reflecting on the day’s Gospel reading of the day (Lk. 21:5-19) during his November 16 Sunday Angelus address, Pope Leo XIV spoke about the persecution of Christians. “Christians today are …
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Brazilian traditionalist bishop meets with Pope in private audience. (Catholic Herald)
Pope Leo XIV met in a private audience on November 15 with Bishop Fernando Areas Rifan, whose work in Brazil is dedicated to the Traditional Latin Mass. The Apostolic Administration …
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Peter Kreeft’s ‘From Calvinist to Catholic’ Is a Joyful Apologia…
For Catholics, the end of October marked the beginning of Hallowtide—All Hallows’ Eve, or Halloween, All Hallows (All Saints), and All Souls. For Protestant Christians who have maintained some connection …
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New York pastors report leap in adult conversions (New York Post)
Catholic priests in New York are reportedly a sharp increase in the number of adult converts, the New York Post reports. At St. Vincent Ferrer church on the Upper East …
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Synod’s ‘study groups’ release interim reports (Vatican News)
The special ‘study groups’ set up by Pope Francis have released interim reports on their work, as have two new group established later by Pope Leo. The study groups, commissioned …