On this solemnity, which celebrates the high-water mark in the history of salvation, permit me to explore with you three Latin expressions. 1. Verbum caro factum est [The Word became flesh]. We find this line, of […]
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… […]
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 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 […]
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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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… […]
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… […]
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 […]
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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