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8 things to know and share about the Annunciation

April 8, 2024 Catholic News Agency 2

The Annunciation by Fra Angelico. / Credit: Public domain via Wikimedia Commons

National Catholic Register, Apr 8, 2024 / 04:00 am (CNA).
Today we celebrate the solemnity of the Annunciation. Usually it’s celebrated on March 25, but this year M… […]

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Why isn’t the Annunciation celebrated today?

March 25, 2024 Catholic News Agency 0

The Annunciation by Fra Angelico (public domain) via Wikimedia Commons. / null

ACI Prensa Staff, Mar 25, 2024 / 13:30 pm (CNA).
Every March 25, the solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord is celebrated in the Catholic Church, but this year Ho… […]

The Dispatch

The Visitation and the unborn: A post-Roe reflection

May 30, 2023 John M. Grondelski, Ph.D. 13

The Gospel for the Feast of the Visitation features the encounter of four people with each other: Elizabeth and her son John the Baptist, and Mary and her Son Jesus Christ. Approaching the first anniversary […]

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Pope Francis invites Catholics to renew consecration to Immaculate Heart of Mary on March 25

March 22, 2023 Catholic News Agency 2

Pope Francis prays at the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Fatima in Portugal on May 12, 2017. / Vatican Media.

Vatican City, Mar 22, 2023 / 06:40 am (CNA).
Pope Francis has invited Catholics to annually renew an act of consecration to the Immaculate H… […]

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Good news! You can eat a cheeseburger on Friday, March 25. Here’s why

March 24, 2022 Catholic News Agency 2

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Denver Newsroom, Mar 24, 2022 / 14:30 pm (CNA).
Just when you think you’ve got the Lenten rules down pat, you learn something new.For instance, you probably already are well aware that Catholics are called to abstain from ea… […]

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Rosary marathon: Nazareth’s Basilica of the Annunciation leads prayer for expectant women and unborn

May 4, 2021 Catholic News Agency 1

The Basilica of the Annunciation in Nazareth, northern Israel. / StateofIsrael via Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 2.0).

CNA Staff, May 4, 2021 / 04:00 am (CNA).
The Basilica of the Annunciation in Nazareth will lead the global rosary marathon for an end to… […]

The Dispatch

The Annunciation and the mystery of the Incarnation

March 24, 2020 Peter M.J. Stravinskas 5

Editor’s note: This homily was preached on March 25, 2017, for the Solemnity of the Annunciation for the Congregation of St. Athanasius, Archdiocese of Boston/Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter. On this solemnity which celebrates the […]

Interview

“Every day has its own Annunciation”

November 6, 2019 Derya M. Little 2

In Night’s Bright Darkness, Sally Read chronicles how the Lord brought her from atheism to the fullness of the Catholic Church. Yet the conversion is just the beginning of a journey that affects countless around […]

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“Mothers are closer to God the Creator than any other creatures”

May 13, 2018 Peter M.J. Stravinskas 1

What happened in the life of the Blessed Virgin Mary can and must happen in our own lives. Each of us has received the Holy […]

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