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New Kent Pilgrimage Routes Help Revive the Catholic England of Chaucer
Edward PentinPilgrims pose for a picture during the new pilgrimage to Kent.
Year: 2025
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Pope Leo Asks: What Has Arius to Do With Jesus?
Simone RisolutiPope Leo XIV joined Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and other Christian leaders for an ecumenical prayer service overlooking the ruins of an ancient basilica in Iznik, Turkey, marking the …
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‘The Carpenter’s Son’ Reimagines the Boyhood of Christ — Badly…
A title card at the beginning of The Carpenter’s Son informs us that the movie is based on The Infancy Gospel of Thomas, which “describes events missing in the gospel …
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Discalced Carmelites Prepare to Celebrate Jubilee Year of St. John of the Cross
Iberian Province of the Discalced CarmelitesPoster for the St. John of the Cross 2026 Jubilee. Friar Sánchez described the patron saint of Spanish poets as a discreet and virtuous man …
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‘You Leave Or We’ll Kick You Out’ Can’t Be Only Answer for Migrants, Chilean Archbishop Says
Dennis G. JarvisLa Moneda Presidential Palace in Santiago, Chile. In recent weeks, Peru, which lies on Chile’s northern border, has strengthened border control there by deploying military forces, resulting in …
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Advent Week 2: Peace Comes Not Into Calm, But Into Chaos of the Ordinary
On Sunday we light the second candle on the Advent wreath – the candle of Peace. The soft glow of the two candles reminds us that darkness is gradually giving …
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Conservative Catholic colleges growing as families opt for ‘faithful’ schools
But not all schools that attract traditionalist students are avoiding financial challenges or the demographic cliff of fewer college-bound students after Generation Z.
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Vatican commission votes against ordaining female deacons
The group was split 5-5 on a statement that held Jesus’ masculinity and that of all who receive holy orders “is not accidental” but rather an “integral part of the …
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Catholic military archbishop calls ‘intentional killing of noncombatants’ illegal and immoral
Archbishop Timothy Broglio, who heads the Catholic Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA, said in a statement Wednesday (Dec. 3) that an order to kill survivors of an attack by …
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New coalition aims to end capital punishment as executions increase but public support wanes
Despite an uptick in executions in the U.S. in 2025, opponents of the death penalty lauded decreases in new death sentences and waning public support for the practice during comments at a Dec. …