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Nuncio on prayer vigil: “Syrians were moved by the participation of the whole world in their suffering”
As tens of thousands joined Pope Francis in St. Peter’s Square for the prayer vigil for peace in Syria on Saturday evening—and even more watched on TV or streaming online—a similar event took place in […]
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Catholic Funerals and the True Perspective of Faith
You’re probably witnessing liturgical abuses when the woman in the pew behind you asks out loud, “What the hell is he doing?” This happened at a funeral. A visiting celebrant (at a parish that I […]
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Francis: “There’s a deeper war we must fight, all of us! This deep war against evil!”
Below is the full text of Pope Francis’ Angelus address for September 8, delivered this morning in Rome to the assembled crowd in St. Peter’s Square, the morning after the Holy Father led a prayer […]
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Pope Francis’ Vigil for Peace homily [Full text]
This evening in Rome Pope Francis delivered the homily below as part of the four-hour Prayer Vigil for Peace held in St. Peter’s Square. It was estimated that 100,000 people joined the Holy Father for […]
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A Love So Great It Seems Like Hate?
Readings: • Wis 9:13-18b • Ps 90:3-4, 5-6, 12-13, 14-17 • Phmn 9-10, 12-17 • Lk 14:25-33 I recently read a column by a young Catholic who expressed frustration with the saying, “Love the sinner, […]
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How to pray with the Holy Father on Saturday for peace in Syria
Tomorrow Christians around the world will answer Pope Francis’ call to dedicate September 7 to prayer and fasting for peace in Syria. The penitential day will culminate with a prayer vigil in St. Peter’s […]
Books
From Skinhead Bulldog to Catholic Man of Letters
Joseph Pearce, as many who have read his work or seen him speak might testify, can give one the impression of a soft-handed, tweed-sporting, Oxford don who has spent the better part of his life […]
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USCCB, Jesuit Superior General join the chorus against intervention in Syria
The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops has released the text of a letter sent to President Barack Obama voicing opposition to the president’s proposed military action in Syria. President Obama, who is in St. […]
Ecclesia et Civitas
The Church and the Experts
The Church today has a troubled relation to the academy and media. The reasons are quite basic. Secular intellectual authorities believe they stand for a way of understanding the world, free unprejudiced inquiry carried on […]