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  • [ May 25, 2026 ] Tolkien, Beethoven, MLK Jr., and Hannah Arendt: The voices that resonate in Magnifica Humanitas News Briefs
  • [ May 25, 2026 ] Full Text of Magnifica Humanitas: Read Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical News Briefs
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Month: November 2024

The Dispatch

Thanksgiving and semi-religious sentiment

November 27, 2024 Russell Shaw 11

Thanksgiving is one of those few national holidays when a semi-religious sentiment is allowed. It peeks through in reply to two obvious questions: Thanksgiving to whom for what? In search of an answer, it seems […]

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Pontifical universities in Rome host conference on legacy of St. John Paul II

November 27, 2024 Catholic News Agency 1

In 1984, Pope John Paul II met in Rome with 300,000 young people from all over the world in a meeting that laid the foundations for today’s World Youth Day. / Credit: Gregorini Demetrio, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Vatican City, Nov 27, … […]

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U.S. Secretary Blinken meets Pope Francis: Vatican talks address Middle East and Ukraine

November 27, 2024 Catholic News Agency 0

Pope Francis receives Secretary of State Antony Blinken at the Vatican, Nov. 27, 2024. / Credit: Vatican Media

CNA Newsroom, Nov 27, 2024 / 10:45 am (CNA).
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Pope Francis on Wednesday morning at the… […]

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At general audience, Pope Francis pleads for Ukraine’s children

November 27, 2024 Catholic News Agency 0

Pope Francis greets pilgrims at his general audience on Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2024, at the Vatican. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA

CNA Newsroom, Nov 27, 2024 / 09:45 am (CNA).
Pope Francis called on Italian children to pray for their Ukrainian peers… […]

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Pope Francis announces Chinese translations for weekly audiences

November 27, 2024 Catholic News Agency 1

Pope Francis gave a special message to Chinese Catholics at the end of his Mass in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia on Sept. 3, 2023. / Vatican Media

CNA Newsroom, Nov 27, 2024 / 09:25 am (CNA).
Starting next week, Chinese will be added as the ninth offic… […]

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Nine-year-old Alex follows example of Carlos Acutis, considers him a friend

November 27, 2024 Catholic News Agency 0

Nine-year-old Alex Espinosa has been very intentional in his devotion to the first millennial saint. / Credit: María Hermida/Amigos de Carlo Acutis

Puebla, Mexico, Nov 27, 2024 / 06:30 am (CNA).
The life of Carlo Acutis, who is slated to be can… […]

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More than 100 members of Congress urge investigation into abortion funding 

November 27, 2024 Catholic News Agency 0

A sign hangs above a Planned Parenthood clinic on May 18, 2018, in Chicago, Illinois. / Credit: Scott Olson/Getty Images

CNA Staff, Nov 27, 2024 / 05:30 am (CNA).
Here is a roundup of recent pro-life related policy developments in the United St… […]

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U.S. bishops invite Catholics to participate in the National Prayer Vigil for Life 

November 27, 2024 Catholic News Agency 1

The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, with a capacity of 6,000 in its upper church, was standing room only for the National Prayer Vigil for Life in 2024. / Credit: Photo by Joe Bukuras/CNA

Washington, D.C. Newsroom,… […]

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Extra, extra! News and views for Wednesday, November 27, 2024

November 27, 2024 CWR Staff 12

The Catholic Vote – “Trump’s margin of victory among Catholic voters cannot be ignored.” Has Trump Made the Catholic Vote Matter Again? (National Review) A Remarkable Quarter Century – “This very month, November 2024, marks […]

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Michel Houellebecq’s Annihilation wrestles with the carnal void

November 26, 2024 Andrew Petiprin 3

French novelist, poet, and critic Michel Houellebecq is a pessimist and a controversialist. He is also a realist, and in his latest novel, Annihilation, he writes, “However much one might despise, or even hate, one’s […]

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