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Word on Fire
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Catholic News Service
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Rome Reports
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Whispers in the Loggia
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In a normal year, these days would see the Stateside church storm the nation's capital with bells on to carry out American Catholicism's most prominent act of advocacy in the public square. For the...
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Signed on New Year's Day and given to the US bishops late last night, below is the English text of the Pope's letter to the bench on the opening of its retreat amid the abuse crisis at Chicago's...
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Before all else, a Blessed New Year to one and all – hope you've had a great rest; Lord knows some of us could use a good bit more.... Either way, here we go again. * * * Eight decades...
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HOMILY OF POPE FRANCIS THE NATIVITY OF THE LORD THE MASS IN THE HOLY NIGHT SAINT PETER'S BASILICA 24 DECEMBER 2018 Joseph with Mary his spouse, went up “to the city of David called Bethlehem” (Lk 2:4)
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More than at any other point in our lifetimes, this Church has needed the Light of a Child to guide – and indeed, redeem – it... ...and not soon enough, that's the Coming we celebrate tonight. To one...
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In terms of policy, Christmas at the Vatican is a tale of two speeches – the season's end in early January brings the annual address to the Holy See's accredited diplomats long known as "The...
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Precisely six months into the US church’s latest full-on storm of abuse revelations, the scandals have claimed a fourth American prelate – this time, in the nation’s largest diocese. At Roman Noon...
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Catholic News Service
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IMAGE: CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn By Julie Asher WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Those who stand up for the dignity of life in all its stages and want to see this respect for all life enshrined once again in U.S...
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IMAGE: CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz By Mark Zimmermann WASHINGTON (CNS) -- They came from near and far, and even from Down Under, united in prayer and in standing together for life at the Archdiocese...
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IMAGE: CNS photo/Leah Millis, Reuters By WASHINGTON (CNS) -- A report published Jan. 17 says the number of immigrant children separated from their parents at the border last year is unknown and the...
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IMAGE: CNS photo/Paul Haring By Cindy Wooden ROME (CNS) -- Just as divisions in society grow when wealth is not shared, divisions within Christianity grow when the richness of gifts God has given to...
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IMAGE: CNS photo/Bob Roller By Mark Pattison WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Bishop Barry C. Knestout of Richmond, Virginia, quoted from Catholic author J.R.R. Tolkien to make a pro-life point during his homily...
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IMAGE: CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz By Mark Pattison WASHINGTON (CNS) -- The two Supreme Court cases that legalized abortion virtually on demand in the United States were based on...
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By Junno Arocho Esteves VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis said that in order to face the challenges ahead, young indigenous men and women must protect and never forget their roots and their cultures.
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National Catholic Register
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By Patti Armstrong | Radical feminism is the enemy of women, especially those hurt by poverty, repressive cultures and governments. At the core is an attack on God’s creation of life in the womb, the...
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By Anna Abbott | Last May, a teenage girl in Salt Lake City triggered outrage when she wore a qipao (a traditional Chinese dress) to the prom. Her photo was posted everywhere, and she was publicly...
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By Steven D. Greydanus | St. John the Evangelist tells us in today’s Gospel a story of a wedding, but so does the prophet Isaiah in our first reading: the wedding of God and his...
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By Emily Jaminet | “Jesus then said to the Twelve, ‘Do you also want to leave?’ Peter answered him, ‘Master, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life’” (John 6:67-68). These words are...
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By Claire Dwyer | Sunday, Jan. 20, is the Second Sunday in Ordinary Time. Mass Readings: Isaiah 62:1-5; Psalm 96: 1-2, 2-3, 7-8, 9-10; 1 Corinthians 12:4-11; John 2:1-11. The Gospel this week...
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By Patti Armstrong | When former atheist Leah Libresco became Catholic in 2012, she built her spiritual life from the ground up. In the process, she is making her mark in the Catholic-sphere as a...
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By Tito Edwards | Separated at Birth, Twin Sisters End Up in the Same Convent! ☩ Dominika Cicha & Marzena Devoud of Aleteia +1 Live Perpetual Adoration of the Blessed...
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News from the Vatican
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One of the Vatican’s top officials on the migration issue has said strict policies increase the risk of human trafficking, as the lack of safe and legal passages force many people to take more...
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Only about half of the national bishops' conferences in the world have adopted complete, Vatican-approved guidelines for handling accusations of clerical sexual abuse and promoting child protection...
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When Pope Francis visits Abu Dhabi Feb. 3-5, he will visit a land where interreligious tolerance is mandated by law; while Catholics in the United Arab Emirates count their blessings for that, the...
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In two new documents on migration and human trafficking, the Vatican has emphasized the need to protect migrants and step up international collaboration and prosecutions of traffickers, while also...
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A few decades of respectful Catholic-Jewish dialogue pale in comparison to "19 centuries of Christian anti-Judaism," Pope Francis said, so Catholics must continue to ask forgiveness and...
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