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The Gift of Down Syndrome
Eden and Nina Giovannini (Image courtesy of Meg Giovannini) Today is the best of all times to be born with Down Syndrome, and the worst of all times. In the …
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Why Being Rather Than Nothingness? Part VIII
Picture yourself sitting alongside Plato at a local Greek restaurant, a couple of gyros between the two of you. What do you say? Is there anything you know that could …
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Papal preacher devotes third Lenten sermon to evangelization (CWN)
Father Roberto Pasolini, the Preacher of the Papal Household, devoted his third weekly Lenten sermon to “The Mission: Proclaiming the Gospel to Every Creature” (full text, video).
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Cardinal Parolin sees three ‘defining traits’ in Pope Leo’s pontificate (L’Osservatore Romano (Italian))
Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Secretary of State of His Holiness, said that he sees three “defining traits that are currently shaping” Pope Leo’s “style of governance.” Speaking in the Chamber …
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Why Michelangelo’s ‘Last Judgment’ endures
The Last Judgment is a common theme in Christian art. But Michelangelo’s dramatic imagery in his Sistine Chapel fresco provokes deeper thought: After all, how does anyone on earth know …
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Spanish king, queen meet with Pontiff (Vatican News)
Pope Leo XIV received King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia of Spain on March 20, the day of the king’s installation as proto-canon of the Papal Basilica of Saint Mary …
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‘A tragedy beyond all imagination’: Vatican newspaper laments plight of displaced Lebanese (L’Osservatore Romano (Italian))
In the most prominent front-page article in its March 20 edition, the Vatican newspaper lamented the plight of “over a million persons in Lebanon displaced because of the war, 350,000 …
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The magnetism of the crucifix
“When I see the crucifix hanging in the center of our parish, I appreciate the reminder of the suffering we acknowledge and the love to which it points,” writes Alli …
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Saturday of the Fourth Week of Lent
Some in the crowd who heard these words of Jesus said,“This is truly the Prophet.”Others said, “This is the Christ.”But others said, “The Christ will not come from Galilee, will …
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St. John Henry Cardinal Newman—One secret act of self-denial, one sacrifice …
One secret act of self-denial, one sacrifice of inclination to duty, is worth all the mere good thoughts, warm feelings, passionate prayers in which idle people indulge themselves. — St. …