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Pope laments Haiti massacre, calls for prayer, aid for Nepal (CWN)
Pope Leo XIV deplored the brutal massacre of kidnapping victims in Haiti and appealed for prayer and aid for Nepal, where floods have killed over 900 people.
Year: 2026
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Imitate St. Peter’s sincerity and docility, Pope tells pilgrims (CWN)
Reflecting on the Sunday Gospel reading (Matthew 16:21-27), in which St. Peter rebuked Jesus, Pope Leo XIV said that “it is not always easy to understand and accept God’s ways, …
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Aug. 31 Monday of the Twenty-Second Week in Ordinary Time, Weekday
The Roman Martyrology commemorates Saints Joseph Arimathea and Nicodemus, who lived in first-century in Jerusalem at the time of Christ, and are mentioned in the Gospels. They received the dead …
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No Reconciliation without Contrition and Confession
The House of Windsor. (Image: Simon Hurry / Unsplash.com) It was highly amusing for me to read the comments to my “Winnowing Weasel Words” piece, recently published by CWR. First, …
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Massachusetts’ highest court upholds injunction banning statue of St. Michael
Statue of the Archangel Michael (us.fotolia.com/scaliger) Controversy continues in Massachusetts, led by the American Civil Liberties Union. On behalf of “[f]ifteen residents and taxpayers,” ACLU sued the City of Quincy …
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‘Give Me Your Heart, O Mary’
The Immaculate Heart A Marian prayer prayed by Sts. Louis de Montfort and John Paul II
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Pope Leo XIV Appeals for Release of Haiti Hostages, Prays for Flood Victims in Nepal And Tibet
Pope Leo XIV addresses pilgrims gathered in Piazza della Libertà at Castel Gandolfo, Italy, for the recitation of the Angelus on August 30, 2026. The pontiff said believers should speak …
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Spanish regional government spotlights sainthood cause of Queen Isabella
A regional government’s minister of culture highlighted the cause for beatification of Queen Isabella during a meeting with Archbishop Luis Argüello, president of the Spanish Bishops’ Conference. Archbishop Luis Argüello …
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Spanish regional government spotlights sainthood cause of Queen Isabella
A regional government’s minister of culture highlighted the cause for beatification of Queen Isabella during a meeting with Archbishop Luis Argüello, president of the Spanish Bishops’ Conference. Archbishop Luis Argüello …
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Spanish regional government spotlights sainthood cause of Queen Isabella
The regional government of Castile and León in Spain highlighted the beatification cause of Queen Isabella during a meeting with the archbishop of Valladolid and president of the Spanish Bishops’ …