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The Heart of Pilgrimage: A Prayerful Journey
‘PILGRIMS ARRIVING IN SIGHT OF ROME.’ Above, an 1827 painting by British artist Charles Lock Eastlake depicts a group of Catholic pilgrims heading to Rome falling to their knees in …
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EWTN News explains: Why do popes issue papal documents and what are they?
Encyclicals, motu proprios, apostolic constitutions, and exhortations — here is a guide to some of the types of documents the pope uses to lead the Catholic Church. Pope Leo XIV …
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EWTN News explains: Why do popes issue papal documents and what are they?
This week the Vatican announced the upcoming release of Pope Leo XIVʼs long-awaited first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas. Amid anticipation of the encyclical there is renewed interest in what papal documents are. …
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Was Tom Bombadil God in Disguise?
Shutterstock no. 2224212211 ‘The Lord of the Rings’ by J.R.R. Tolkien Shutterstock COMMENTARY: The omission of the memorable literary character from Peter Jackson’s films may reveal how difficult modern storytelling …
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Pentecost, the Church, and the 120 in the Upper Room
Detail from “Pentecost” (c.1596) by El Greco. [WikiArt.org] Pentecost is affectionately referred to as the “birthday of the Church”. There is a clue in the biblical account of the gathering …
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Sojourner Truth, Sister Thea and the preaching of Black Catholic women
Tamika Royes suggests that Black Catholic women can help revive the Catholic Church — if only they are permitted to make full use of their gifts.
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St. Augustine: Pentecost reverses chaos of Babel, unites Church under the Holy Spirit
On May 24, Catholics around the world celebrate the solemnity of Pentecost — the day on which the Holy Spirit descended upon the disciples of Christ who gathered in Jerusalem …
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St. Augustine: Pentecost reverses chaos of Babel, unites Church under the Holy Spirit
On the solemnity of Pentecost, St. Augustine reminds us to reflect on the the necessity of a globally unified Church, under the guidance of the Holy Spirit. The oldest surviving …
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Acts 2:17—“It will come to pass in the last days,” God says …
“It will come to pass in the last days,” God says, “that I will pour out a portion of my spirit upon all flesh.” – Acts 2:17
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May. 24 Pentecost Sunday, Sunday
And when the days of Pentecost were drawing to a close, they were all together in one place. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a violent …