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The reason and reality of the Nativity
Eventually, when the Incarnation of the Son of Man is rejected, the rejection of man inevitably follows. This abolition of man is what we are […]
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Round Yon Virgin!
I still have the Nativity creche that I grew up with in my boyhood home. It’s older than I am. From my parent’s home to mine, it has enjoyed a place in the living room […]
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A Polish meal of faith on Christmas Eve
As we make our way towards Christmas, I reflect on how Catholics of Polish ancestry make that journey. My wife is likely to be spending much of December 24 preparing for the Wigilia (Vigil) supper, […]
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Jimmy and the Patriarch, at Christmas
The post-Christmas liturgical calendar may seem a bit Scrooge-like, as the child-centered, innocent joy of the Nativity is quickly followed by three feasts of a different, even sobering, character. First, on December 26: St. Stephen […]
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Pope Francis at Sunday Angelus before Christmas: ‘No child is ever a mistake’
Pope Francis leads the Angelus prayer and gives an address from the chapel of Casa Santa Marta on Sunday, Dec. 22, 2024, at the Vatican. The pope delivered his marks indoors due to the intense cold, combined with cold symptoms that have manifest… […]
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“Truly art thou a star, O Mary!”
Note: The following homily was preached on the Fourth Sunday of Advent (extraordinary form), December 22, 2024, at the Church of the Holy Innocents, Manhattan. If you attended our Advent lecture series, you will recall […]
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A visual tour of the Holy Doors Pope Francis will open for the 2025 Jubilee
The Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/EWTN News
ACI Prensa Staff, Dec 21, 2024 / 07:00 am (CNA).
The rite of opening the Holy Doors of the main basilicas of Rome to inaugurate the 2025 Jubilee Year is perhaps one of the… […]
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The new Eve received the words of God with faith
Readings: • Mi 5:1-4a • Heb 10:5-10 • Lk 1:39-45 “One of the most beautiful moments in history” wrote Abp. Fulton Sheen in The World’s First Love, his wonderful book on the Virgin Mary, “was […]
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Trump picks CatholicVote president Brian Burch as ambassador to Vatican
CatholicVote president Brian Burch appears on “EWTN News Nightly” on Jan. 9, 2024. / Credit: “EWTN News Nightly” screenshot
Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 20, 2024 / 15:05 pm (CNA).
President-elect Donald Trump selected CatholicVote president a… […]
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The Carmelite Martyrs of Compiègne: ‘Fanatics’ of the Sacred Heart
On Wednesday, Pope Francis approved the universal veneration of sixteen Discalced Carmelite martyrs who were killed on July 17, 1794, at the height of the French Revolution’s bloody persecution of the Catholic Church. The limited […]