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Pope Francis visits pediatric oncology ward at hospital, baptizes newborn baby

March 31, 2023 Catholic News Agency 2

Pope Francis baptizes a baby at Gemelli Hospital in Rome on March 31, 2023. / Credit: Screen shot of Vatican Media video

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Mar 31, 2023 / 09:32 am (CNA).
While staying at Rome’s Gemelli Hospital where he is undergoing t… […]

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Vatican’s liturgy czar rejects German Church’s plans for laity to preach homilies, conduct baptisms

March 30, 2023 Catholic News Agency 4

Archbishop Arthur Roche at a Vatican press conference on Feb. 10, 2015. / Bohumil Petrik/CNA.

CNA Newsroom, Mar 30, 2023 / 13:30 pm (CNA).
The Vatican’s liturgy czar has intervened against the implementation of resolutions of the German Synodal… […]

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Pope Francis: There is no option to be passive Catholics when it comes to evangelization

March 8, 2023 Catholic News Agency 1

Pope Francis greets pilgrims from the popemobile in St. Peter’s Square on March 8, 2023. / Daniel Ibáñez/CNA

Vatican City, Mar 8, 2023 / 05:00 am (CNA).
Pope Francis said Wednesday that there is no option to be “passive subjects” when it comes … […]

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Pope Francis: Celebrate the date of your baptism like a birthday

January 8, 2023 Catholic News Agency 0

Pope Francis baptized 13 babies in the Sistine Chapel on Jan. 8, 2023. / Screenshot from Vatican Media live on YouTube

Vatican City, Jan 8, 2023 / 03:20 am (CNA).
Pope Francis baptized babies in the Sistine Chapel on Sunday and encouraged paren… […]

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Spiritual reasons for the spring cleaning tradition

April 19, 2022 Rachel Hoover Canto 0

Where does the term “spring cleaning” come from? If you grew up reading Laura Ingalls Wilder, you might know that our pioneer ancestors spent days every spring beating soot and dust out of their carpets […]

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Lessons for Lent from the conversion of St. Paul

March 19, 2022 Douglas Bushman 6

Among the numerous lessons for Lent that can be gleaned from reflecting on the conversion of St. Paul, and especially the fruit of that conversion embodied in his teaching, let us focus first on his […]

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The Divine Name and the Mystery of God

March 18, 2022 Carl E. Olson 10

Readings: • Ex 3:1-8a, 13-15 • Ps 103: 1-2, 3-4, 6-7, 8, 11 • 1 Cor 10:1-6, 10-12 • Lk 13:1-9 When asked why they climb, professional mountaineers often give varied but interconnected reasons. They […]

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Women commissioned to confer baptisms in German Catholic diocese

March 15, 2022 Catholic News Agency 2

Bishop Franz-Josef Overbeck of Essen, Germany. / Nicole Cronauge/Bistum Essen.

Essen, Germany, Mar 15, 2022 / 06:00 am (CNA).
A German Catholic diocese has commissioned 17 women to administer baptisms, citing a shortfall in the number of priest… […]

Essay

Lessons for Lent from the conversion of King David

March 12, 2022 Douglas Bushman 7

A prophet with a perilous mission “And the Lord sent Nathan to David” (2 Sam 12:1). The context of Nathan’s mission is ominous. After committing adultery with Bathsheba and, in order to hide that sin, […]

Analysis

Who Baptizes? Sacramental specificity in an auto-correct world

February 21, 2022 Fr. Charles Fox 16

“Do this in memory of me.” –Luke 22:19 For a few years now, I have observed the slow but steady corrosion of my spelling ability. With the rising ubiquity of spell-check and especially auto-correct features […]

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