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Sister Scholastica Radel (left) and Mother Abbess Cecilia Snell of the Benedictines of Mary, Queen of Apostles, discuss the recent exhumation of the order's foundress, Sister Wilhelmina Lancaster, in an interview with EWTN News In Depth on May 30, 2023, at their abbey in Gower, Missouri. / EWTN News Washington, D.C. Newsroom, ... read more

By Courtney Mares Vatican City, Jun 4, 2023 / 06:45 am Pope Francis prayed Sunday for the victims of a train crash in India that killed at least 275 people. “I am close to the injured and their families. May our heavenly Father welcome the souls of the deceased ... read more

Pope Francis delivers his Angelus address on June 4, 2023. Pope Francis pointed out that one way to picture the Holy Trinity is to think of ‘the image of a family gathered around the table, where life is shared.’ ... read more

Pope Francis delivers his Angelus address on June 4, 2023. / Vatican Media Vatican City, Jun 4, 2023 / 06:05 am (CNA). Speaking on the solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity, the pope highlighted how the simple gesture that Catholics are taught as children is a sign of the central mystery of ... read more

‘Feels Like Home’ is a source of inspiration in the home of Bridget McCartney Nohara. ‘Feels Like Home’ speaks beyond the four walls. ... read more

Detail of ‘Memoirs’ cover shows Cardinal József Mindszenty. The testimony of the former prince-primate of Hungary, declared a ‘Venerable’ of the Church in 2019, remains a model of resistance and defense of the Catholic faith in the face of 20th-century atheistic persecution. ... read more

Reflect The weather can have a direct affect on our mental and emotional well-being. But when we choose to see our connection to the created world, we can be sure that rain or shine, we will encounter the sacred. Pray God of warm summer nightsand freezing gray mornings,help me respond to the invitation of ... read more

Holy Trinity, detail of Iconostasis in Greek Catholic Co-cathedral of Saints Cyril and Methodius in Zagreb, Croatia. / Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 4, 2023 / 02:00 am (CNA). The solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity, also known as Trinity Sunday, is observed on the Sunday following Pentecost. This year’s feast falls ... read more

Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity Cycle AJune 4, 2023 As a friar, it sometimes happens that when I’ve planned a trip by car another member of my community asks to ride along. I confess it makes me stop and think: Do I want to spend hours in the car with that person? ... read more

St. Optatus Feast date: Jun 04 The church remembers St. Optatus on June 4. As a convert from paganism, he is best known for his opposition to the heresy of Donatism, and his six treatises composed against them. One of them, against Parmenian, is still extant, and was mentioned by St. Jerome in his ... read more

St. Francis Caracciolo Feast date: Jun 04 “Zeal for Thy house has consumed me!”Born in Villa Santa Maria, Italy on October 13, 1563, Francis Caracciolo was given the name Ascanio at his baptism.  His mother was a relative of St. Thomas Aquinas. He lived a virtuous life as a youth and seemed ... read more

Early in the morning Moses went up Mount Sinaias the LORD had commanded him,taking along the two stone tablets.Having come down in a cloud, the LORD stood with Moses thereand proclaimed his name, "LORD."Thus the LORD passed before him and cried out,"The LORD, the LORD, a merciful and gracious God,slow to anger and rich ... read more

Among all things called one, the unity of the Divine Trinity holds the first place. —St. Bernard The post St. Bernard—Among all things called one, … appeared first on Catholic Digest. ... read more

The fundamental dogma, on which everything in Christianity is based, is that of the Blessed Trinity in whose name all Christians are baptized. The feast of the Blessed Trinity needs to be understood and celebrated as a prolongation of the mysteries of Christ and as the solemn expression of our faith in this triune life ... read more

Pencil Preaching for Sunday, June 4, 2023 ... read more