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Punk rock meets Catholicism in ‘Edie Arnold Is a Loser’
Visually inventive and pulsating with youthful, vivacious energy, the film “Edie Arnold Is a Loser” might just be the first Catholic coming-of-age punk rock story.
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ASIA/HONG KONG – Diocese celebrates 80th anniversary: Mission and charitable service to the most vulnerable
Hong Kong – “Eighty years ago, on this very day, Pope Pius XII proclaimed the elevation of Hong Kong from an Apostolic Vicariate to the rank of a diocese. We …
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ASIA/PAKISTAN – Right to housing: Federal Court defends poor families in slum settlements in Islamabad and Rawalpindi
Islamabad – Archbishop Joseph Arshad of Islamabad-Rawalpindi described the Federal Constitutional Court’s ruling, which calls on the Islamabad-Rawalpindi city government to “develop a comprehensive legal framework for the recognition of …
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St. Basil the Great—There is still time for endurance, time for patience, …
There is still time for endurance, time for patience, time for healing, time for change. Have you slipped? Rise up. Have you sinned? Cease. — St. Basil the Great
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Apr. 18 Saturday of the Second Week of Easter, Weekday
Today the Church in Canada celebrates the Optional Memorial of Blessed Marie-Anne Blondin (1809-1890), the foundress of the Congregation of the Sisters of Saint Anne. Her work established universal education, …
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Men and women are partners, not enemies, Fearless Congress declares
It is “vital” that men be formed in virtuous masculinity, said organizers of the Fearless Congress, which opened its doors April 17 in Guadalajara, Mexico. The event, as its founder …
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Just war theory for the win this week
This week’s wild news cycle was a church and politics mash-up with no clear winners. But one dark horse was the Catholic Church’s just war theory.
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PHOTOS: Pope Leo XIV meets with students, visits hospital, holds stadium Mass in Cameroon
Pope Leo XIV continued his papal trip in Africa on April 17, holding Mass in Japoma Stadium in Cameroon, visiting a Catholic hospital, and meeting with students at the Catholic …
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Pope Leo XIV calls for the ‘safeguarding’ and ‘accompanying’ of minors and vulnerable adults
On April 16, the Vatican released a message from Pope Leo XIV on the occasion of the Second National Meeting of Local Representatives for the Protection of Minors and Vulnerable …
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Pope tells Catholic university students in Cameroon to ‘search for truth’
YAOUNDE, Cameroon — Pope Leo XIV on Friday encouraged Catholic university students in Cameroon to let their study be informed by “the light of faith, joined to the truth of …