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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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Keeping the custom he began as archbishop of Buenos Aires and has faithfully maintained through his six-year pontificate, earlier tonight the Pope began the Paschal Triduum by celebrating the Evening...
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HOMILY OF POPE FRANCIS HOLY THURSDAY MASS OF THE CHRISM ST PETER'S BASILICA 18 APRIL 2019 The Gospel of Luke, which we just heard, makes us relive the excitement of that moment when the Lord made his...
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Amid global shock over tonight's devastating fire at Paris' Notre Dame Cathedral – a landmark of such cultural significance worldwide that the US' major networks have interrupted their programming...
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Even if these last six weeks have flown, at least for some of us, "Lent" began last June 20th... and far and wide, that experience and its ongoing fallout makes for a Holy Week backdrop of...
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HOMILY OF POPE FRANCIS PALM SUNDAY OF THE PASSION OF THE LORD ST PETER'S SQUARE 14 APRIL 2019 Joyful acclamations at Jesus’ entrance into Jerusalem, followed by his humiliation. Festive cries...
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WASHINGTON – For those who missed the local rollout of today's mega-move, here below is Archbishop Wilton Gregory's full debut before the capital church this morning at DC Chancery: On a quick...
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WASHINGTON – Over the last nine months, as this capital church has become the local nexus of the gravest crisis modern American Catholicism has known, the stakes facing its next leader have only ever...
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Catholic News Service
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IMAGE: CNS photo/Paul Haring By Junno Arocho Esteves ROME (CNS) -- Recalling Jesus' death on the cross, Pope Francis led thousands on Good Friday in reflecting on the crosses of loneliness, fear and...
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IMAGE: CNS photo/Joanne Fox, The Catholic Globe By Joanne Fox SIOUX CITY, Iowa (CNS) -- Singer-songwriter Tatiana "Tajci" Cameron confessed she didn't always like Holy Week. "It always...
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IMAGE: CNS photo/Paul Haring By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The cross serves as a warning to the powerful and a message of hope for the poor and oppressed, said the preacher of the papal...
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IMAGE: CNS photo/Vatican Media, via Reuters By Junno Arocho Esteves ROME (CNS) -- Jesus' gesture of washing his disciples' feet, an act once reserved to servants and slaves, is one that all...
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IMAGE: CNS photo/Reuters By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Just as Jesus always sought to be with the people to serve, teach and heal them, so, too, must priests always be in the midst of God's...
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IMAGE: CNS photo/Paul Haring By PARIS (CNS) -- A hero emerging from the Notre Dame Cathedral fire April 15 is Father Jean-Marc Fournier, chaplain of the Paris Fire Brigade, who is credited with...
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IMAGE: CNS photo/Ashleigh Kassock for the Catholic Herald By Ashleigh Kassock ARLINGTON, Va. (CNS) -- In 1957, Sarah Wessel's great-grandmother, Isabella Brooks, hand-stitched a wedding gown for her...
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National Catholic Register
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By Angelo Stagnaro | I recall an acquaintance once insisting to me that there is as much evidence the Buddha was born of a virgin as was Christ. First, this is perfect nonsense as the Buddha's story...
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By Alexandra Greeley | Holy Week, the seven days between Palm Sunday and Easter Sunday, is the most reverential time of the Christian calendar. For Catholics around the world, this week inspires...
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By Jimmy Akin | In Matthew 12:40, Jesus says: Just as Jonah was in the belly of the whale three days and three nights, so will the Son of Man be in the heart of the earth three days and three nights...
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By K.V. Turley | The fires that burned brightly at Notre-Dame de Paris were matched by the vivid resolve of French politicians and civic leaders that from the ashes this great cathedral will rise...
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By Sandra McDevitt | During the recent tragic fire in Notre Dame Cathedral one of the relics rescued was the Crown of Thorns. It one of the most revered of Christian relics having been worn by Our...
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By Joseph O’Brien | A 2015 Harris Poll on the popularity of holidays found that only 3% of the general population ranked Easter as their favorite, while Christmas had the top spot in the poll, with...
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By Peter Jesserer Smith | Why would a high-ranking priest in the Episcopal Church decide with his family to come into full communion with the Catholic Church? This comes at a time when a recent poll..
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News from the Vatican
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On Good Friday, Pope Francis reminded the poor, immigrants and victims of human trafficking that the mystery of Christ’s death and resurrection was for them.
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The cross serves as a warning to the powerful and a message of hope for the poor and oppressed, said the preacher of the papal household.
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For pilgrims flocking to Rome’s famed Scala Santa this week as they commemorate the events leading up to Jesus’ crucifixion and death, the opportunity to climb the relic on the bare marble for the...
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Jesus’ gesture of washing his disciples’ feet, an act once reserved to servants and slaves, is one that all Christians, especially bishops, must imitate, Pope Francis told hundreds of inmates and...
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Speaking to fellow priests Thursday, Pope Francis compared the flocks they lead to the crowds that constantly surrounded Jesus, who was able to recognize individual people, heal their wounds and who...
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