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Advice to a New Convert: Let It All Die
I was at a coffee shop with my brother, he a Protestant and I a not-so-recent convert to the Catholic Faith, when the subject of his friend’s conversion to Catholicism …
Month: February 2026
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Citing Jesus and Muhammad, Philippine prelate calls on Catholics, Muslims to pray, work together during Lent and Ramadan (CWN)
The chairman of the Philippine bishops’ Commission on Inter-Religious Dialogue issued a statement, “On the Shared Observance of Ramadan and the Lenten Season 2026.”
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Citing Jesus and Muhammad, Philippine prelate calls on Catholics, Muslims to pray, work together during Lent and Ramadan (CWN)
The chairman of the Philippine bishops’ Commission on Inter-Religious Dialogue issued a statement, “On the Shared Observance of Ramadan and the Lenten Season 2026.”
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Love God by loving the sick, Cardinal Czerny preaches on World Day of the Sick (CWN)
Preaching at the principal Mass of the 34th World Day of the Sick (video, background), Cardinal Michael Czerny, SJ, asked the faithful to pray for the grace of conversion, that …
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Vatican launches Catholic stock indexes to measure ethical investments
The primary holdings in the index include the companies Meta, Amazon, Tesla and JPMorgan Chase.
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Dear fellow Gen Z Catholic converts: Don’t settle for fundamentalism
Our desire for satisfying alternatives to modernity and a sense of meaning shouldn’t turn us against all questioning. Questioning is what brought us to the faith in the first place.
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The Epstein files and before: How do we process political scandals?
One of the things that defines a culture is what it will not tolerate in its leaders. In U.S. history, our nation has handled scandals differently and also changed what …
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Pope honors Immaculate Mary, prays with the sick (CWN)
Pope Leo XIV offered homage to the Immaculate Conception at the Lourdes Grotto in the Vatican Gardens on February 11 (video).
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Pope Leo looks ahead to Lent (Dicastery for Communication)
At the conclusion of his February 11 general audience, Pope Leo XIV spoke with English-speaking pilgrims about Lent. “Next Wednesday, the season of Lent begins,” Pope Leo said. “It is …
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Vatican offers ‘dialogue’ with SSPX, warns against ordinations [News Analysis] (CWN)
At a February 12 meeting with Father Davide Pagliarani, the superior general of the Society of St. Pius X (SSPX), Cardinal Victor Fernandez proposed a “theological dialogue” with the traditionalist …