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Breaking Up With Toxic Femininity
I used to follow a fair bit of conservative female media. I was excited to see the burgeoning attempt to reclaim the goodness of femininity while exposing the rot that …
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USCCB publishes asylum update (USCCB)
In a two-page document entitled “Asylum Update,” the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Department of Migration and Refugee Services addressed four questions about the federal pause in applications for …
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Bishops of Haiti issue Christmas message, call for hope and change (Vatican News)
Stating that “the light of Christ shines in our darkness,” the bishops of strife-torn Haiti called for hope and change in their Christmas message, released on December 8. The bishops …
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Vatican publishes online edition of Annuario Pontificio (Vatican News)
The Vatican’s Secretariat of State and the Dicastery for Communication have, for the first time, made the Annuario Pontificio [Pontifical Yearbook] available online—for a fee of 68.10 euros per year …
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Cardinal Parolin visits Islamist insurgency hotspot (Pillar)
Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Secretary of State of His Holiness, is visiting Mozambique to mark the 30th anniversary of bilateral relations. On December 8, he visited Pemba, the capital of …
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Extra, extra! News and views for Wednesday, December 10, 2025
(Image: Grant Whitty/Unsplash.com) Mariologists Respond – “In a lengthy response, the International Marian Association Theological Commission highlights what it sees as significant errors and omissions in the Vatican’s controversial doctrinal …
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Did angels really carry the Holy House of Mary to Loreto, Italy?
The Holy House of Our Lady in the Shrine of Loreto. / Credit: Tatiana Dyuvbanova/Shutterstock Loreto, Italy, Dec 10, 2025 / 04:00 am (CNA). What do Galileo, Mozart, Descartes, Cervantes, …
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Did angels really carry the Holy House of Mary to Loreto, Italy?
By Courtney Mares Loreto, Italy, Dec 10, 2025 / 04:00 am What do Galileo, Mozart, Descartes, Cervantes, and St. Thérèse of Lisieux have in common? They all traveled hundreds of …
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Vatican II: 60 years old and still going!
Vatican II is still an ongoing project as we all dig deeper into its treasures, hold ourselves accountable for any misreadings we once foisted upon the texts, and let its …
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COP30 drew record Indigenous participation — but were their voices heard?
Over 5,000 indigenous people attended the UN’s climate summit in the Amazon to call for land rights over their ancestral territories, but it’s unclear to what degree negotiations took them …