Rome Newsroom, Jan 6, 2025 / 06:08 am Pope Francis appointed Cardinal Robert McElroy, bishop of San Diego, to lead the Archdiocese of Washington, D.C., the Vatican announced Monday. The 70-year-old cardinal, who holds doctorates […]
Another year has come and gone in the history of cinema, now approaching its 130th anniversary. This was a great year for movies, perhaps the best since the lockdowns of 2020. Here are my picks […]
You might suppose from the title of Etienne Gilson’s The Unity of Philosophical Experience [orig. 1937; Ignatius Press, 1999] that it is a book about philosophy in general. And ultimately it is. But its bulk is […]
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ACI MENA, Jan 4, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA).
As Syria navigates a transitional phase, questions abound regarding the Church’s role in sh… […]
Readings: • Isa 60:1-6 • Psa 72:1-2, 7-8, 10-11, 12-13 • Eph 3:2-3A, 5-6 • Mt 2:1-12 Pope Paul VI, in the Apostolic Exhortation, “Marialis Cultus” (Feb. 1974), emphasized that the “Christmas season is a […]
Ianus bifrons—two-faced Janus—was the Roman god of liminal spaces, doorways, beginnings and endings, and transitions in general. So, here are some “January” reflections in both the calendar and the etymological senses of the term: Three […]
January 3 is the Feast of the Most Holy Name of Jesus. Does that feast make sense to people today? To appreciate its meaning, we need to give up some modern thinking and recover biblical […]
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Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jan 3, 2025 / 16:05 pm (CNA).
The Catholic representation in the 119th Congress grew slightly from the previous Congress to just over 28% of the members of the House of Representa… […]
1). “What did Pope Francis say in Singapore about religions as paths to God?” (Sept 15, 2024) by Christopher R. Altieri. “The pontiff’s recent remarks to a group of young people have caused a furor […]
Jubilee 2025 began on Christmas Eve 2024, with the opening of the Holy Door of St. Peter’s in Rome, and will conclude on January 6, 2026, when that door of the Vatican basilica is closed. […]
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