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A Holy Family is one totally dedicated to God

December 29, 2024 Fr. Charles Fox 10

The celebration of Christmas has a way of amplifying our ordinary family experience. For a loving and harmonious family, Christmas tends to be the time when its familial bonds are tightened. The members of such […]

'Rest on the Flight into Egypt' (1597) by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio
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The Holy Family points the human family to the Heavenly Family

December 30, 2023 Carl E. Olson 5

On the Readings for Sunday, Dec. 31, 2017, the Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph […]

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The Holy Family traveled more than 1,200 miles from Israel to Egypt and back

January 6, 2023 Catholic News Agency 0

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ACI Prensa Staff, Jan 6, 2023 / 16:00 pm (CNA).
St. Joseph, the Virgin Mary, and the child Jesus traveled more than 2,000 kilometers (1,240 miles) from the time they fled to Egypt to escape the massacre of boys 2 years o… […]

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Extra, Extra! News and views for December 21, 2022

December 21, 2022 CWR Staff 4

Purgatory Now – “The practicing Catholic starts with the end-goal of heaven and more specifically the Beatific Vision, and, in working backwards, knows they must die in a state of grace in order to enjoy […]

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Pope Francis: Ask for St. Joseph’s courage to trust in God’s plan

December 29, 2021 Catholic News Agency 1

Pope Francis gives his general audience address Dec. 29, 2021. / Daniel Ibanez/CNA

Vatican City, Dec 29, 2021 / 03:35 am (CNA).
St. Joseph, who protected his family from the persecution of King Herod, teaches us how to respond to our difficulti… […]

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Pope Francis: Pray for peace in the family

December 26, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

Pope Francis gives his Angelus address on Dec. 26, 2021. / Vatican News

Vatican City, Dec 26, 2021 / 06:00 am (CNA).
Pope Francis said Church and society need to defend and support the family, and he asked families to pray together every day fo… […]

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Pope Francis encourages married couples to rely on Christ in letter for Feast of the Holy Family

December 26, 2021 Catholic News Agency 1

Pope Francis greets a couple during a meeting with members of the Retrouvaille marriage ministry Nov. 6, 2021 / Vatican Media

Vatican City, Dec 26, 2021 / 04:10 am (CNA).
On the Feast of the Holy Family, Pope Francis encouraged married couples … […]

The Dispatch

“Why were you looking for me?”

December 25, 2021 Carl E. Olson 15

Readings: • Sir 3:2-6, 12-14 or 1 Sm 1:20-22, 24-28 • Ps 128:1-2, 3, 4-5 or Ps 84:2-3, 5-6, 9-10 • Col 3:12-21 or 1 Jn 3:1-2, 21-24 • Lk 2:41-52 Being lost isn’t always […]

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Pope Francis appeals to Holy Land Catholics as bishops consecrate Middle East to Holy Family

June 27, 2021 Catholic News Agency 1

Pope Francis at the general audience in St. Peter’s Square, April 17, 2013. / Mazur/catholicnews.org.uk.

Nazareth, Israel, Jun 27, 2021 / 02:50 am (CNA).
Pope Francis urged Catholics in the Middle East on Sunday to “be the salt of your lands” as… […]

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Catholic bishops to consecrate Middle East to the Holy Family

June 16, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

Patriarch Pierbattista Pizzaballa blesses the congregation at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem on April 4, 2021. / Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem.

Jerusalem, Jun 16, 2021 / 04:00 am (CNA).
Catholic bishops will consecrate the Middl… […]

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