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Whether Einstein or someone in poverty, we all need art
Beauty is indeed saving the world, coming to the rescue one violin and paintbrush at a time, writes Br. Mickey McGrath.
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New book makes case for the importance of ritual
In his new book A Time To Gather: How Ritual Created the World — and How It Can Save Us, Bruce Feiler argues for the importance of ritual, insisting that “doing …
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Gargoyles, Buttresses and the Art of Building Heavenward
Neirfy‘Notre Dame Gargoyles’ COMMENTARY: Notre Dame’s gargoyles, flying buttresses and open spire reveal how the great cathedrals united engineering, artistry and theology into a single vision reaching toward heaven.
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Father, Forgive Them
It is strange the way a cruel word can inflict a wound that won’t heal. Behind us at the pizzeria last week were a quartet of old ladies playing …
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Servant of God Dorothy Day—No one has a right to sit down and feel hopeless…
No one has a right to sit down and feel hopeless. There’s too much work to do. — Servant of God Dorothy Day
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May. 23 Saturday of the Seventh Week of Easter (Vigil of Pentecost), Opt. Mem.
The Roman Martyrology commemorates St. John Baptist de Rossi (1698-1764), who was from Genoa, and studied and worked in Rome before becoming a priest there and a canon of Santa …
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Christ the Shepherd, Christ the Lamb
Hubert van Eyck, “Adoration of the Lamb” (detail), Ghent Altarpiece, ca. 1429 COMMENTARY: A good shepherd must be prepared to die for his sheep.
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Eucharistic Pilgrimage Set to Kick Off in St. Augustine, Florida
Bishop Robert Brennan carries the Blessed Sacrament during a Eucharistic procession at Louis Armstrong Stadium on April 20, 2024. The 2026 Eucharistic pilgrimage will launch in St. Augustine, Florida, where …
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Father Kapaun’s Heroism: ‘Father Would Go to the Sound of the Guns’
Background: A fellow captain and chaplain Father Emil Kapaun, on the right, carry a soldier off the battlefield; Inset: Chaplain Kapaun portrait ‘The Magazine and the Miracle: Finding Father Kapaun’ …
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Pope Leo XIV discusses major challenges of EU and its future with European bishops
Pope Leo XIV met on May 21 with the Commission of the Episcopal Conferences of the European Union (COMECE), with whom he discussed the future of the EU and reflected …