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Vatican doctrine office encourages single mothers to receive Communion after confession

December 14, 2023 Catholic News Agency 0

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Rome Newsroom, Dec 14, 2023 / 13:50 pm (CNA).
The Vatican’s doctrine office published a letter on Thursday confirming that single mothers can receive Communion after going to confession and urging the ne… […]

Analysis

Dubia-ous Takes and Hyperbolic Banter

October 9, 2023 Christopher R. Altieri 34

“Bonkers,” is the only word for the week that was, especially on the Catholic news beat, and with particular regard for a set of official questions called dubia in the technical language of ecclesialese. For […]

Analysis

The Church, true tolerance, and the meaning of “welcome”

June 20, 2023 Rev. Kenneth M. Dos Santos, MIC 29

It’s a common belief in modern day society that all organizations be inclusive of everyone. The thought that one’s personal beliefs—and the behavior one chooses to engage in—should be accepted by everyone in the name […]

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Holy Communion from the chalice reintroduced in the UK: What about the U.S.?

March 2, 2023 Catholic News Agency 3

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Washington D.C., Mar 2, 2023 / 16:00 pm (CNA).
The bishops of England and Wales announced this week that the distribution of holy Communion from the chalice during Mass will resume starting Holy Thursday.The U… […]

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Benedict XVI describes ‘Protestantization’ of the Eucharist in posthumous publication

February 9, 2023 Catholic News Agency 72

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Rome Newsroom, Feb 8, 2023 / 08:30 am (CNA).
In a 2018 essay published after his death, Pope Benedict XVI said a Protestant-like understanding of the Eucharist and strong calls for intercommunion … […]

Essay

Radical Inclusion Requires Radical Love

February 1, 2023 Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila 60

I have written of my concerns in the past with the German Synodal Process, as well as concerns with other bishops and cardinals and their take on the process. They essentially ignore the oft repeated […]

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The Church in Cuba will once again have Communion hosts thanks to donations of flour

November 17, 2022 Catholic News Agency 3

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CNA Newsroom, Nov 17, 2022 / 13:10 pm (CNA).
The Carmelite nuns in Cuba announced that thanks to the donations of wheat flour they have received in recent days, they will again be able to make the Comm… […]

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Extra, extra! News and views for October 19, 2022

October 19, 2022 CWR Staff 6

Ignatian Spirituality –  “After seven years of formation as a Jesuit scholastic, Christopher Lowney discerned — in a way that clearly would have impressed St. Ignatius of Loyola — that religious life was not the […]

Features

What does it means to be “in communion” today?

October 2, 2022 John A. Monaco 28

Some months ago, a Catholic bishop in Puerto Rico was removed from office by Pope Francis, in a move which some have questioned for its appropriateness. On March 9, Bishop Daniel Fernández Torres was relieved […]

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Here’s what to know about Archbishop Cordileone

May 20, 2022 Catholic News Agency 10

Archbishop of San Francisco Salvatore Cordileone attends the Mass and imposition of the pallium upon new metropolitan archbishops held by Pope Francis for the feast of Saints Peter and Paul at Vatican Basilica, June 29, 2013. / Franco Origlia/Ge… […]

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