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Rome Newsroom, Oct 20, 2021 / 06:10 am (CNA).
There will be no godfathers named in the Sicilian archdiocese of Catania for the next three years due to a decree issued by the archbishop that came into f… […]
“I identify as X” has replaced, in popular parlance, using an adjective to describe a person’s ethnic and sexual self-understanding. Witness, for example, how the New York Times’ reports on census and demographic data. Common […]
Filipino children pray during a March of Saints. / Prayer Warriors of the Holy Souls.
Manila, Philippines, Aug 5, 2021 / 04:02 am (CNA).
Catholic Church leaders in the Philippines signed documents with the Iglesia Filipina Independiente (IFI), o… […]
Vatican City, Jan 5, 2021 / 05:10 am (CNA).- Pope Francis will not baptize babies in the Sistine Chapel this Sunday due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The Holy See press office announced Jan. 5 that the newborns would be baptized instead in their home p… […]
On the Readings for December 10, 2017, the Second Sunday of Advent […]
Readings: • Isa. 42:1-4, 6-7 • Psa. 29:1-2, 3-4, 3, 9-10 • Acts 10:34-38 • Matt. 3:13-17 Growing up in a small Fundamentalist Bible chapel, I didn’t hear much about what baptism could or should […]
Historically, the 40 days of Lent are focused on catechumens (unbaptized candidates), while the 50 days of Easter are focused on the neophytes (the newly baptized). The means by which most catechumens (and those from […]
“Why is this night different from every other night?” That is the question asked by the youngest at each Passover seder. When we apply it to our own celebration, we discover that the world cannot […]
One of the most enigmatic tropes in the New Testament can be found in St. Paul’s comments to the Thessalonians (2 Thess 2) about the “mysterium iniquitatis”: the mystery of “lawlessness” or “evil” he tells […]
“When he was conceived and born these saving acts were still in the future,” says the noted theologian and author of a new study of […]
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