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Demonic Deception of Kids’ Sports
The enemies of the Lord have always had a special hatred for the Eucharist. The first thing that most of the tyrants of the 20th century did was to abolish …
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Pope, in address to Spain’s bishops, compares Church’s journey to a pilgrimage (CWN)
Pope Leo XIV addressed the bishops of Spain today (video) and offered them the “image of a journey whose destination is God, toward whom we lift our gaze.”
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Pope venerates the Virgin of Almudena, speaks of tearing down walls (CWN)
Pope Leo XIV visited Almudena Cathedral in Madrid this evening and venerated the Virgin of Almudena, Madrid’s patroness (video).
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The Middle Ages Are No Panacea
Understandably frustrated by the social atomization and political distemper of our time, many Catholics are intrigued, if not enchanted, by the medieval era—and with good reason. For centuries, the Church …
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Why Pope Leo Quoted Tolkien’s Gandalf
Pope Leo XIV and The Lord of the Rings film set near Matamata, New Zealand. COMMENTARY: Anyone who sees the world through the Eucharist, as Tolkien and Pope Leo do, …
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Podcast: Joyce Rupp talks aging with compassion, acceptance and surrender
On this week’s episode of “The Nonviolent Jesus Podcast,” John Dear hosts beloved spiritual writer Sr. Joyce Rupp.
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Nuns in Cuba struggle to sustain ministries as fuel shortages deepen humanitarian crisis
“For a religious sister, living in Cuba today means navigating and taking on a series of structural and economic challenges that require an enormous capacity for adaptation and resilience,” Sr. …
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At US bishops’ conference this week, the tea leaves will be in 3 key speeches
U.S. bishops are gathering in Orlando for their annual spring meeting. The agenda has interesting items on it, but a major point of interest will be three speeches at the …
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Teilhard de Chardin points to what Pope Leo missed in ‘Magnifica Humanitas’
What does it mean to be human in the age of artificial intelligence? The answer Magnifica Humanitas gives — remain — is too small for the tradition it invokes and for …
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Bishop Schneider: Pope could permit SSPX episcopal consecrations to proceed (CWN)
Auxiliary Bishop Athanasius Schneider, O.S.C., of Astana, Kazakhstan, wrote in a new essay that “with a spirit of magnanimity, the Supreme Pontiff, as a true father, could build a bridge …