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Why Pope Leo Quoted Tolkien’s Gandalf
Pope Leo XIV and The Lord of the Rings film set near Matamata, New Zealand. COMMENTARY: Anyone who sees the world through the Eucharist, as Tolkien and Pope Leo do, …
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Podcast: Joyce Rupp talks aging with compassion, acceptance and surrender
On this week’s episode of “The Nonviolent Jesus Podcast,” John Dear hosts beloved spiritual writer Sr. Joyce Rupp.
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Nuns in Cuba struggle to sustain ministries as fuel shortages deepen humanitarian crisis
“For a religious sister, living in Cuba today means navigating and taking on a series of structural and economic challenges that require an enormous capacity for adaptation and resilience,” Sr. …
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At US bishops’ conference this week, the tea leaves will be in 3 key speeches
U.S. bishops are gathering in Orlando for their annual spring meeting. The agenda has interesting items on it, but a major point of interest will be three speeches at the …
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Teilhard de Chardin points to what Pope Leo missed in ‘Magnifica Humanitas’
What does it mean to be human in the age of artificial intelligence? The answer Magnifica Humanitas gives — remain — is too small for the tradition it invokes and for …
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Bishop Schneider: Pope could permit SSPX episcopal consecrations to proceed (CWN)
Auxiliary Bishop Athanasius Schneider, O.S.C., of Astana, Kazakhstan, wrote in a new essay that “with a spirit of magnanimity, the Supreme Pontiff, as a true father, could build a bridge …
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Federal court permits Nigerian deacon to continue to minister in US (Religion Clause)
A federal judge ruled that a Nigerian deacon whose religious worker visa was set to expire may continue to minister in the Archdiocese of Santa Fe while his case in …
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Pope laments murder of Mozambique bishop (EWTN News)
Referring to the murder of Bishop Osório Cîtora Afonso of Quelimane, Mozambique, the Holy See Press Office said in a statement that Pope Leo “learned with sorrow of the grave …
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Orthodox church, cathedral desecrated in Bosnia and Herzegovina (CWN)
A Serbian Orthodox church in Tuzla, the third largest city in Bosnia and Herzegovina, was recently desecrated, the Serbian Times reported.
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Cardinal Müller critiques SSPX’s positions (kath.net)
Cardinal Gerhard Müller, prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith from 2012 to 2017, critiqued the Society of St. Pius X’s rejection of the teaching of the …