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Month: August 2023

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Pope Francis hears young people’s confessions in Lisbon

August 4, 2023 Catholic News Agency 1

Pope Francis hears the confession of a young pilgrim at World Youth Day in Lisbon, Portugal, Aug. 4, 2023. / Credit: Vatican Media

St. Louis, Mo., Aug 4, 2023 / 10:30 am (CNA).
As part of the Word Youth Day celebrations this week in Lisbon, Por… […]

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Pope receives posthumous letter from young Carmelite who wanted to attend WYD

August 4, 2023 Catholic News Agency 1

Spanish Carmelite Pablo María de la Cruz on the day of his religious profession. / Credit: Óscar García / Diocese of Salamanca

ACI Prensa Staff, Aug 4, 2023 / 07:00 am (CNA).
Pope Francis has received a posthumous letter from the young Spanish … […]

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Pope Francis: Without concrete love, our lives have ‘no weight’

August 4, 2023 Catholic News Agency 2

Pope Francis meets with charity workers at the Centro Paroquial de Serafina in Lisbon on Aug. 4, 2023. / Daniel Ibanez/CNA

Rome Newsroom, Aug 4, 2023 / 04:35 am (CNA).
At a gathering with Portuguese charity workers Friday morning, Pope Francis … […]

The Dispatch

Controversy continues over compelled speech and “same-sex weddings”

August 4, 2023 Charles J. Russo 50

Controversy rages on even after the Supreme Court ruled in 303 Creative v. Elenis that public officials in Colorado could not force a wedding website designer to offer her services to couples entering into “same-sex […]

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Why St. John Vianney is a model for all priests

August 4, 2023 Catholic News Agency 3

St. John Vianney. / Herwig Reidlinger via Wikimedia Commons CC 3.0

CNA Newsroom, Aug 4, 2023 / 02:00 am (CNA).
A century after the patron saint of priests, St. John Vianney, died on Aug. 4, 1859, Pope John XXIII reflected on the life of the sai… […]

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An examination of Archbishop Fernández’s erroneous positions on sexual morality

August 3, 2023 E. Christian Brugger 64

Argentine prelate Víctor Manuel Fernández, prefect-elect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, should either recant his erroneous positions on sexual morality or resign his post at the DDF. A calm, competent, and clear-eyed […]

The Dispatch

“Nothing unworthy of God’s majesty”: In praise of Fr. Roman Galadza (1943-2023)

August 3, 2023 Dr. Adam A. J. DeVille 27

My maternal grandfather of blessed memory taught me something more than forty years ago: we who are so quick to criticize our leaders, he said, should be equally if not more quick to praise them […]

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PHOTOS: Pope Francis’ first World Youth Day speech: ‘God’s heart beats uniquely for you’

August 3, 2023 Catholic News Agency 1

Pope Francis makes his way past crowds of thousands on his way to the World Youth Day welcoming ceremony in Lisbon, Portugal, Aug. 3, 2023. / Credit: Pablo Pilco/EWTN News

Lisbon, Portugal, Aug 3, 2023 / 14:28 pm (CNA).
At Pope Francis’ first o… […]

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Generation Xers’ church attendance drops to millennial levels, survey suggests

August 3, 2023 Catholic News Agency 0

People sitting in pews in church. Stock photo via Shutterstock. / null

St. Louis, Mo., Aug 3, 2023 / 13:30 pm (CNA).
Church attendance has dropped off since the pandemic for Generation X more sharply than for other age groups, according to a ne… […]

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‘I want to give my life for this’: 2 priests, friar at WYD share their vocation stories

August 3, 2023 Catholic News Agency 0

Father Mendo Saraiva de Refóios Paes de Ataíde (left), Father Peter Julia (center), and Brother Federico Viquez. / Credit: EWTN News and Andreas Thonhouser/EWTN News

Lisbon, Portugal, Aug 3, 2023 / 13:02 pm (CNA).
Father Mendo Saraiva de Refóio… […]

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