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Thursday of the Twenty-seventh Week in Ordinary Time
You have defied me in word, says the LORD,yet you ask, “What have we spoken against you?”You have said, “It is vain to serve God,and what do we profit by …
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St. John Vianney—Sunday is the property of our good God; it is his own day, the Lord’s day …
Sunday is the property of our good God; it is his own day, the Lord’s day. He made all the days of the week. He might have kept them all; …
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Oct. 9 Thursday of the Twenty-Seventh Week in Ordinary Time; Opt Mem St. Denis, Bishop, & Companions; Opt Mem St. John Leonardi, Priest; (England Wales – Feast St. John Henry Newman), Weekday
Today the Church offers two Optional Memorials:
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‘Dilexi Te’: The Franciscan Framework of Pope Leo’s First Document
Daniel IbanezPope Leo XIV during the weekly General Audience on Oct. 8, 2025 in St. Peter’s Square. COMMENTARY: The challenge of using such a framework is that many audiences take Brother Sun …
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Pondering the wisdom of St. Thomas Aquinas on immigration
Detail from “Saint Thomas Aquinas” (1605) by Adam Elsheimer [WikiArt.org] Leo XIII became pope in February 1878. Within 18 months of his election, he issued his encyclical Aeterni Patris, recommending …
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Pope Leo XIV to supporters of migrants in U.S.: ‘You stand with me, and I stand with you’
Pope Leo XIV receives a video from the Hope Border Institute from Auxiliary Bishop Anthony Celino on Oct. 8, 2025. / Credit: Fernie Ceniceros/El Paso Diocese Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct …
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Catholic bishops call on EU to appoint special envoy for religious freedom
By Nicolás de Cárdenas ACI Prensa Staff, Oct 8, 2025 / 16:43 pm The representatives of the Catholic bishops to the European Union reiterated their call for the bloc to …
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Catholic bishops call on EU to appoint special envoy for religious freedom
The flag of the European Union. / Credit: U. J. Alexander/Shutterstock ACI Prensa Staff, Oct 8, 2025 / 16:43 pm (CNA). The representatives of the Catholic bishops to the European …
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Would-be attacker of DC Red Mass targeted Catholics, police say
St. Matthew’s Cathedral, Washington, D.C. | Credit: Marcos Carvalho/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 8, 2025 / 15:45 pm Police said the man arrested outside of a Washington, D.C., cathedral Oct. 5 …
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Pope Leo XIV: Joy does not have to be ‘free from suffering’
Pope Leo XIV greets pilgrims at his general audience in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2025 | Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA Vatican City, Oct 8, 2025 / …