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The Two Gods
If we think wrongly about God, most everything else goes wrong. […]
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The central Mystery of the Faith, the Source of Reality
Readings: • Ex 34:4b-6, 8-9 • Dan 3:52, 53, 54, 55, 56 • 2 Cor 13:11-13 • Jn 3:16-18 The Trinity, the Catechism states, is “the central mystery of Christian faith and life” (CCC 234). […]
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On Pentecost, Pope Francis says Holy Spirit can bring harmony to ‘a polarized Church’
Pope Francis presides over Pentecost Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica on May 28, 2023. / Daniel Ibáñez/CNA
Vatican City, May 28, 2023 / 05:15 am (CNA).
On the Solemnity of Pentecost, Pope Francis urged Catholics to invoke the Holy Spirit daily to b… […]
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Pope Francis encourages Marian shrines around the world to pray for Synod on Synodality
Pope Francis delivers the Regina Caeli address from the window of the Apostolic Palace on May 28, 2023. / Vatican Media
Vatican City, May 28, 2023 / 07:15 am (CNA).
From the Philippines to Portugal, Marian shrines around the world will particip… […]
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“Every truth is from the Holy Spirit”: On Pentecost Sunday
On the Readings for Pentecost Sunday, May 20, 2018 […]
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How the Mystery of the Trinity illuminates the mystery of atonement
Margaret M. Turek, S.T.D., is Professor of Theology and Chair of Dogmatic Theology at St. Patrick’s Seminary and University. After studying and earning degrees at the University of San Francisco (where she studied in the […]
Features
Synodality and sinning against the Holy Spirit
With an opaque name like “the Synod on Synodality,” even at this later stage in the process, some still wonder about the purpose of the Synod. What is the goal? Cardinal Mario Grech, head of […]
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Infallibility and the limits of papal power: An interview Cardinal Gerhard Müller
Editor’s note: The following kath.net interview was posted originally on November 15, 2022, and appears here with kind permission of Lothar C. Rilinger and kath.net. English translation is by Frank Nitsche-Robinson. Vatican (kath.net) According to […]
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Ask the Holy Spirit for guidance, new Catholic University president urges students
Peter Kilpatrick, the new president of The Catholic University of America, addresses students, staff, and faculty at the Mass of the Holy Spirit on Sept. 1, 2022, at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington,… […]
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The purifying fire of dividing, divine Love
Readings: • Jer 38:4-6, 8-10 • Ps 40:2, 3, 4, 18 • Heb 12:1-4 • Lk 12:49-53 In the summer of 2007, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith released a document containing “responses […]