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In Muslim Indonesia, a Catholic monastery has become part of the community

September 1, 2024 Catholic News Agency 5

The Monastery of Gedono receives many guests, both Catholic and Muslim. The sisters have a guesthouse for priests, religious, and laypeople who come for a few days or a week of solitude and prayer. As many as 200 or 300 people attend Sunday Mass… […]

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St. Bernard of Clairvaux: monastic reformer and adviser to popes

August 20, 2024 Catholic News Agency 1

St. Bernard of Clairvaux. / Credit: Sistermaryhelen, FAL, via Wikimedia Commons

CNA Staff, Aug 20, 2024 / 04:00 am (CNA).
Every year on Aug. 20, the Catholic Church honors St. Bernard of Clairvaux, the 12th-century monk who helped to build up t… […]

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Game, set, God: French athlete trades championship title for abbey life

April 30, 2024 Catholic News Agency 3

Elevation of the chalice at a Traditional Latin Mass. / Credit: Wikimedia JoeJ10/CC BY-SA 4.0

CNA Newsroom, Apr 30, 2024 / 11:45 am (CNA).
At the pinnacle of his professional sports career, one French athlete announced his intention to quit vol… […]

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Spanish painter to become Trappist monk after seeing film on cloistered life

February 3, 2024 Catholic News Agency 1

José María Méndez of Seville, Spain, will go from painter to Trappist monk, at 53 years old, thanks to the movie “Libres.” / Credit: José María Méndez

ACI Prensa Staff, Feb 3, 2024 / 09:00 am (CNA).
After lying dormant for decades, the seed of … […]

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Christmas 2023: Handmade gifts from Catholic monasteries

December 2, 2023 Catholic News Agency 1

A religious sister from the Monastery of Bethlehem in Livingston Manor, New York, hand-paints a pitcher. / Credit: Monastery of Bethlehem

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 2, 2023 / 06:00 am (CNA).
For unique Christmas gifts that celebrate your Ca… […]

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The following remarks were delivered by Cardinal Robert Sarah at the November 20 presentation in Rome of his book God or Nothing, published in English by Ignatius Press and translated by Michael J. Miller. Miller […]

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