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Oct. 11 Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Sunday
Excerpt from Sunday’s Gospel: The king said to him, “My friend, how is it that you came in here without a wedding garment?” But he was reduced to silence. Then …
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Why Creation Matters: The Trinitarian Case for Environmental Stewardship
I was delighted to recently learn that Pope Leo had just authorized the publication of a substantial new study by the International Theological Commission (ITC) on a subject close to …
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Opinion: Tuition assistance and Rube Goldberg economics
Rube Goldberg’s cartooon “Professor Butts and the Self-Operating Napkin”, originally published in Collier’s, September 26 1931. (Image: Wikipedia) Commentator M. Stanton Evans once quipped that Democrats want to drive off …
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ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN – New Bishop of Karaganda: “Mission means reaching out to those who have yet to encounter Christ or whose faith has faded away”
by Paolo Affatato Karaganda – “Mission does not mean organizing an ever-increasing number of events. Sometimes, mission takes this form: a priest travels many kilometres to celebrate Holy Mass, speak …
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Mike Ditka dies at 86: A life of football, fire and Catholic faith
Known as “Iron Mike” and “Da Coach,” his public reflections on faith revealed a man unembarrassed to credit his mother, his Catholic schooling and the sacraments for shaping his life.
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The Wedding Feast, the Lamb, and the Kingdom
Detail from “The Ghent Altarpiece: Adoration of the Lamb” by Jan van Eyck (circa 1390 –1441) [Wikipedia Commons] Readings:• Isa 25:6-10a• Psa 23:1-3a, 3b-4, 5, 6• Phil 4:12-14, 19-20• Matt …
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Pope Leo names Archbishop Viola new archpriest of St. Peter’s Basilica
The Italian prelate will oversee the daily administration of the basilica and preside over liturgies when the pope is not present.
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UK government blocks Northern Ireland unionist march through Catholic neighborhood
“Nobody wants a return to the past,” MP Chris Bryant said in ruling against the planned march down Garvaghy Road. An Irish Republican supporter seen holding a sign saying ‘From …
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UK government blocks Northern Ireland unionist march through Catholic neighborhood
The British government on Oct. 9 intervened in a simmering dispute in Northern Ireland, ruling that a planned unionist march through a Catholic enclave in the province would not take …
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Pope Leo blasts death penalty as US plans to livestream execution
The pontiff’s tweet followed comments by Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican secretary of state, criticizing the public firing squad execution of Nidal Malik Hasan.