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Major expansions coming to Belmont Abbey College after fundraising feat

February 13, 2024 Catholic News Agency 0

Mary Help of Christians Basilica on the campus of Belmont Abbey College in Belmont, North Carolina. / Credit: Wikimedia Commons

CNA Staff, Feb 13, 2024 / 14:45 pm (CNA).
Major expansions are coming to the Benedictine-run Belmont Abbey College a… […]

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Pope Francis: Avarice is a ‘sickness of the heart, not of the wallet’

January 24, 2024 Catholic News Agency 2

Pope Francis greets pilgrims at his general audience on Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024, at the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media

Rome Newsroom, Jan 24, 2024 / 10:55 am (CNA).
During his general audience on Wednesday, Pope … […]

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Norway monks consecrate new church in area of ancient ruins of Munkeby

January 14, 2024 Catholic News Agency 6

Consecration of Munkeby monastery church, Norway, on Dec. 5, 2023. / Credit: Ivan Vu/Trondheim Diocese

Trondheim, Norway, Jan 14, 2024 / 06:00 am (CNA).
Norway’s only male contemplative community of the Cistercian Trappist order consecrated its… […]

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On loving God by learning “useless” things

May 7, 2023 Stephen G. Adubato 9

You’re sitting in the middle of a class that you find to be even more boring than a phone with a dead battery. You keep checking the time, praying that it will all finish faster. […]

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Pope Francis: Monks and nuns are ‘the beating heart’ of evangelization

April 26, 2023 Catholic News Agency 4

Pope Francis at his general audience in St Peter’s Square on April 26, 2023. / Daniel Ibanez/CNA

Vatican City, Apr 26, 2023 / 05:15 am (CNA).
It is no accident that the patron saint of foreign missionaries is a cloistered nun, Pope Francis said… […]

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Pope Francis discusses ‘ecological conversion’ with Buddhist monks from Cambodia

January 19, 2023 Catholic News Agency 3

Pope Francis meets a Buddhist delegation from Cambodia on Jan. 19, 2023. / Credit: Vatican Media

Rome Newsroom, Jan 19, 2023 / 07:20 am (CNA).
Pope Francis spoke with Buddhist monks from Cambodia on Thursday about the need for “ecological conve… […]

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America loses its only Trappist brewery, amid competitive beer market 

May 24, 2022 Catholic News Agency 0

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Denver Newsroom, May 24, 2022 / 17:27 pm (CNA).
The first and only certified Trappist brewery in the U.S. has said that it will close, citing a lack of financial viability. The monks of St. Joseph’s Abbey in S… […]

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These 17th century monks did a beer fast for Lent

February 28, 2022 Catholic News Agency 2

Beer. / Africa Studio / Shutterstock.

Washington D.C., Feb 28, 2022 / 03:25 am (CNA).
With the Lenten about to begin, Catholics will be immersing themselves in 40 days of abstaining from sweets, technology, alcohol and other luxuries.But did yo… […]

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Achel no long a Trappist beer, after last monks depart abbey

March 16, 2021 CNA Daily News 0

Hasselt, Belgium, Mar 16, 2021 / 08:01 pm (CNA).- After the last monks left Achel Abbey earlier this year, the beers produced at Achel Brewery no longer bear the Trappist label.

In the beginning of January, there were 14 authentic Trappist beer brands… […]

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A Time to Read Nicolas Diat’s “A Time to Die”

March 25, 2020 Matthew C. Nickel, Ph.D. 5

In the age of COVID-19, death has become a daily subject around the dinner table, in the grocery store, and at a social distance even at the gas station. We are now constantly reminded in […]

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