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LIVE UPDATES: Pope Leo’s Health and Preparations for Surgery
undefinedPope Leo XIV venerates an image of the Virgin Mary at the Shrine of Our Lady of Good Counsel in Genazzano, Italy, on Sept. 7, 2026. Pope Leo XIV will …
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Pope Leo XIV calls the death penalty ‘inadmissible’ after announcement of public execution in US
Pope Leo XIV described the death penalty as “inadmissible” in a message posted on social media on the occasion of the World Day Against the Death Penalty on Saturday, Oct. …
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Pope Leo XIV calls the death penalty “inadmissible” after announcement of public execution in US
Pope Leo XIV described the death penalty as “inadmissible” in a message posted on social media on the occasion of the World Day Against the Death Penalty on Saturday, Oct. …
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100 YEARS SINCE THE ORDINATIONS OF THE FIRST SIX CHINESE BISHOPS – Bishop Philip Zhao Huaiyi and the Diocese of Xuanhua
One hundred years after the ordination of the first six Chinese bishops consecrated in modern times, , Fides News Agency is dedicating a series of documentary profiles to these Successors …
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Cardinal Müller defends Marian title of Co-Redemptrix as ‘truth objectively contained in Revelation’ (Diane Montagna’s Substack)
Addressing an international Marian conference in Rome, Cardinal Gerhard Müller said that when “Mary is called ‘Co-Redemptrix’ in Catholic piety and theology, this is neither a misleading attribution nor an …
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From Sonsón-Rionegro to Mitú: “We set out thinking we had something to give. We returned having discovered how much we had received”
by Laura Gómez Ruiz Sonsón – Reaching some of the communities served by the Apostolic Vicariate of Mitú, in the Colombian Amazon, means travelling along rivers, crossing the forest and …
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St. Carlo Acutis’ doctors recall his last days in the hospital
Fifteen-year-old Carlo Acutis died within a week of being diagnosed with acute promyelocytic leukemia, offering his suffering for the pope and for the Church. Following his beatification on Oct. 10, …
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Enjoy the Calm
Around 2020 I started writing satirical Catholic news. At first, it was just a personal writing exercise, a light project to sharpen my skills and maybe help cope with the …
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Caryll Houselander, patron of artists, mystics, neurotics, and…
Some books about and by the English author Caryll Houselander, who died on October 12, 1954. (Images: Amazon.com) On October 12, 1954, Caryll Houselander died, a British laywoman with an …
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When Lourdes Visited Me
When in need of special graces, I visit Lourdes. I go to the blessed grotto where Our Lady appeared to St. Bernadette Soubirous in 1858. Millions of pilgrims like me …