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New bishop appointed for Cape Town, succeeding cardinal (CWN)
Pope Leo XIV has named Bishop Sithembele Anton Sipuka of Umtata, South Africa, as the new archbishop of Cape Town, the nation’s legislative capital.
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Over 5,000 Catholics gather in Jordan to commemorate Christ’s baptism (Vatican News)
More than 5,000 Catholics of various rites made a pilgrimage yesterday to the Church of the Baptism of Jesus in Jordan, consecrated last year at what is believed to be …
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Recovering the truth about the body in a “liquid” age
Graphic from the cover of Angela Franks’ “Body and Identity: A History of the Empty Self,” published by Notre Dame Press. (Image: undpress.nd.edu) Angela Franks, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of …
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Why Being Rather Than Nothingness? Part III
If you were to randomly ask an average Christian, even one who does not routinely pray, pay, or obey, what is the greatest miracle of all, chances are that the …
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Christians in Pakistan suffer series of brutal attacks (CWN)
The Vatican newspaper reported on a series of recent attacks on Christians in Pakistan.
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Pontiff to celebrate only 3 public liturgies over next 7 weeks (Vatican Press Office)
Archbishop Diego Ravelli, the Master of Pontifical Liturgical Celebrations, released the calendar of public celebrations presided over by Pope Leo XIV during the remainder of January and February. After the …
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Situation in Aleppo goes ‘from bad to worse,’ bishop says; suicide attack on church thwarted (Vatican News)
Amid clashes between Syrian security forces and Kurdish fighters, the situation in Aleppo, Syria’s largest city, has gone “from bad to worse,” said Bishop Hanna Jallouf, OFM, who leads the …
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New pastoral staff for Pope Leo (Vatican News)
On the Solemnity of the Epiphany, Pope Leo XIV began to use a new pastoral staff (image). The staff “stands in continuity with those used by his predecessors, uniting the …
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As the new year unfolds, consider this message from a dream
Be kind. Understanding the sum and substance of hope and faith doesn’t get more profound than those two little words.
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Hive mind: What Apple TV’s ‘Pluribus’ teaches us about freedom, faith and joinership
We need contemporary storytellers to do what the parables originally did — wake us up. Vince Gilligan’s television series does exactly that, writes David Drury.