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Year: 2023

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A Grammar of Gratitude: Chesterton’s St. Francis of Assisi at 100

December 22, 2023 David Paul Deavel 1

As much as we owe modern Christmas traditions to German and English traditions, there is one to whom we owe special thanks. While the modern tradition of a Christmas crèche with figurines seems to have […]

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Sigmund Freud, C.S. Lewis, and a conversation of the titans

December 22, 2023 Nick Olszyk 3

MPAA Rating: PG-13 USCCB Rating: Not rated at the time of this review Reel Rating: 4 out of 5 reels In September 1939, Sigmund Freud (Anthony Hopkins) was living out his final days in a […]

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Ukrainian archbishop says same-sex blessings document doesn’t apply to Eastern Churches

December 22, 2023 Catholic News Agency 8

Pope Francis embraces Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk, the leader of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, during a meeting with bishops of the Synod of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church at the Vatican on Sept. 6, 2023. / Credit: Vatican M… […]

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Revealed: the future of Father Rupnik’s dissolved community

December 22, 2023 Catholic News Agency 0

Sacred art under construction at Centro Aletti. / Credit: Vaticano/EWTN News

Rome Newsroom, Dec 22, 2023 / 16:50 pm (CNA).
Daniele Libanori, an auxiliary bishop of Rome and commissioner of the Loyola Community, founded by Father Marko Rupnik an… […]

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Christmas 2023: Unusual back-to-back Mass schedule could hurt parishes’ collections this year

December 22, 2023 Catholic News Agency 1

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CNA Newsroom, Dec 22, 2023 / 16:44 pm (CNA).
Will Catholic parishioners go to Mass twice in the coming days as they’re supposed to, once for Sunday and a second time for Christmas? Parish coffers could take a hit if they don’t.“The … […]

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Indian priest jailed under ‘anti-conversion’ laws is released

December 22, 2023 Catholic News Agency 0

Bishop Louis Mascarenhas of Allahabad greets Father Babu Francis at the gate of Naini jail in Prayagraj district with a bouquet of flowers. / Credit: Diocese of Allahabad

Bangalore, India, Dec 22, 2023 / 16:36 pm (CNA).
A Catholic priest who wa… […]

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Polish bishops: Church does not have authority to ‘bless same-sex unions’

December 22, 2023 Catholic News Agency 3

A plenary meeting of the Polish bishops’ conference on March 15, 2022. / episkopat.pl.

CNA Staff, Dec 22, 2023 / 15:40 pm (CNA).
Catholic bishops in Poland have ruled out the possibility of blessing “same-sex unions,” but remain open to blessin… […]

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Pope Francis sends papal almoner to Holy Land for Christmas as a sign of solidarity

December 22, 2023 Catholic News Agency 1

Papal almoner Cardinal Konrad Krajewski. / lvivadm via Wikimedia (CC BY 3.0).

CNA Staff, Dec 22, 2023 / 12:32 pm (CNA).
Pope Francis has sent Cardinal Konrad Krajewski to the Holy Land for Christmas as his personal representative to bring solid… […]

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New U.K. draft guidelines say teachers should not be forced to use students’ transgender pronouns

December 22, 2023 Catholic News Agency 0

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CNA Staff, Dec 22, 2023 / 12:27 pm (CNA).
Draft guidelines issued this week by the U.K. Department for Education (DfE) state that schools should only support student pronoun changes in rare cases and that teachers sho… […]

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Pope Francis ‘deeply saddened’ by shooting at Prague university 

December 22, 2023 Catholic News Agency 1

People mourn outside the Charles University building following a mass shooting yesterday, on Dec. 22, 2023, in Prague, Czech Republic. Fourteen people were killed and 25 injured. Police say the gunman was a 24-year-old student at the university…. […]

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