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St. Raymond of Penafort
St. Raymond of Penafort Feast date: Jan 07 Saint Raymond of Penafort, a Dominican priest who worked to aid Christian captives during the era of the Crusades and also helped …
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Cardinal Parolin, Secretary of State Rubio discuss Venezuela, religious freedom (US Department of State)
The Secretary of State of His Holiness and the US Secretary of State spoke about Venezuela, global religious freedom, and other topics in a phone call yesterday. Cardinal Pietro Parolin …
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Russell Shaw, US bishops’ former spokesman, dies at 90 (OSV News)
Russell Shaw, who served as a spokesman for the US bishops from 1969 to 1987, died yesterday at the age of 90. The author of thousands of articles and over …
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Extraordinary consistory of College of Cardinals begins today (Vatican News)
The first extraordinary consistory of the College of Cardinals convoked by Pope Leo XIV begins this afternoon at 4:00 and is scheduled to conclude tomorrow evening at 7:00. “The cardinals …
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Report: Kyiv’s Roman Catholics permitted to use historic church for 50 years (LIGA.net)
The Ukrainian government has permitted Kyiv’s Roman Catholic community to use St. Nicholas Roman Catholic Church for the next 50 years, an online Ukrainian news site reported. The historic church, …
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Semiquincentennial prep with HBO
Paul Giamatti stars in the 2008 HBO series “John Adams”. (Image: HBO) Having recently lamented in this space that book reading is on life support in these United States, I …
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When a Diocese Undermines Its Own Vocations
One of the measures of the success of a diocese is the number of its seminarians because they reflect a spiritual ecology. If young people are not willing to give …
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Joliet Bishop Ronald Hicks to Succeed Cardinal Dolan as Archbishop of New York…
Pope Leo XIV is expected to appoint Bishop Ronald Hicks of Joliet as the next Archbishop of New York, The Pillar has confirmed, with an announcement expected as early as …
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Latin American bishops issue ‘message of closeness and hope’ to Church, people of Venezuela (CWN)
Neither praising nor condemning the recent US military action in Venezuela, the leaders of the Latin American and Caribbean Episcopal Council (CELAM) issued a “message of closeness and hope“ to …
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Nigeria’s leading church music composer has ‘knack for catchy, soulful tunes’ (National Catholic Reporter)
A Nigerian journalist has written a profile of Sir Jude Nnam, the nation’s most influential Catholic composer of church music (YouTube channel). “It is often said that you cannot attend …