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Update: Meeting between Pope Francis and President Biden did not happen

June 14, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

Pope Francis greets then-U.S. Vice President Joe Biden at the Vatican in this April 29, 2016. / Vatican Media

Vatican City, Jun 14, 2021 / 16:55 pm (CNA).
In a story June 14, 2021, about Joe Biden and Pope Francis, the Catholic News Agency, base… […]

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“Here is God”: Ronald Knox on the Real Presence

June 2, 2021 Fr. Charles Fox 9

The Solemnity of Corpus Christi proclaims the truth that the Incarnate Son of God, having ascended to His Father’s right hand in heaven, remains present and active in His Church “until the end of the […]

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CDF highlights its Note on Catholics in politics in letter to US bishops on Eucharistic coherence

May 10, 2021 Catholic News Agency 3

Luis Cardinal Ladaria, prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, in Rome, June 28, 2018. Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA.

Denver Newsroom, May 10, 2021 / 15:16 pm (CNA).
The prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith wr… […]

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On Easter Monday and my favorite passage in the New Testament

April 5, 2021 Peter M.J. Stravinskas 8

Note: The following homily was preached at the Church of the Holy Innocents in New York City on Easter Monday, April 5, 2021. In many countries, today is a legal holiday; in Italy, the day […]

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Archbishop Cordileone: Catholics must recover ‘idea of worthiness to receive Communion’

January 27, 2021 CNA Daily News 2

Washington D.C., Jan 27, 2021 / 01:30 pm (CNA).- In an interview discussing his recent admonition of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone of San Francisco emphasized the need for Catholics to recover the sense of worth… […]

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Analysis: Archbishop Gregory says he won’t deny Biden communion. How will Catholics respond?

November 24, 2020 Catholic News Agency 79

Denver Newsroom, Nov 24, 2020 / 04:25 pm (CNA).- Washington’s archbishop, who will be made a cardinal this weekend, told a journalist Tuesday that in his diocese, he will not deny Holy Communion to a […]

The Dispatch

Shocked, shocked! On Catholics and belief in the Real Presence

August 8, 2019 Amy Welborn 86

“Each time the Mass is offered, the fruits of our Redemption are poured anew upon our souls. By uniting ourselves with the sacred rite of the Mass, and above all by receiving Holy Communion, we […]

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Cdl. Müller: “We are experiencing conversion to the world, instead of to God”

June 26, 2018 CWR Staff 63

In an exclusive CWR interview, the former prefect of the Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith discusses tensions over the proposed reception of Holy […]

Analysis

Polish Bishops’ Amoris Laetitia guidelines stress discernment and compassion, in continuity with Church doctrine

June 12, 2018 Filip Mazurczak 11

The much anticipated guidelines reflect what already is common pastoral practice in Poland, emphasizing accompaniment but uncompromising in their fidelity to the Church’s teaching. […]

Analysis

Critics misrepresent Cardinal Sarah’s call for reverence in receiving Holy Communion

March 6, 2018 Conor Dugan 59

Why are so many avoiding the key question: Why has belief in Christ’s Real Presence in the Eucharist diminished in recent decades? […]

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Readings: • Am 8:4-7 • Ps 113:1-2, 4-6, 7-8 • 1 Tm 2:1-8 • Lk 16:1-13 How difficult is the parable of the dishonest steward, heard in today’s Gospel reading? “Of all of Jesus’ parables,” […]

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