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St. Thomas and the Sacrament of Charity

June 6, 2024 Fr. Charles Fox 16

Before establishing the feast of Corpus Christi in 1264, Pope Urban IV called upon the services of St. Thomas Aquinas for the composition of prayers and hymns for the liturgical celebration of the feast. These […]

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Vatican doctrine office releases note on discerning the validity of the sacraments

February 3, 2024 Catholic News Agency 23

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Rome Newsroom, Feb 3, 2024 / 09:21 am (CNA).
The Vatican Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF) released a note on Saturday on discerning the validity of the sacraments.The new document signed b… […]

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Boy walks 7 miles on muddy roads to receive confirmation, gets a blessing from the pope

December 5, 2023 Catholic News Agency 0

Maximiliano Pavillaux walks in the mud to reach the parish for confirmation on Nov. 11, 2023. / The child receives the recognition of Pope Francis from Bishop Mauricio Landra, the auxiliary bishop of Mercedes-Luján, Argentina. / Credit: Photo co… […]

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“The ‘Synodal Way’ into the German Schism.” A critical examination

April 9, 2023 CWR Staff 57

Vatican (kath.net) With the last plenary assembly, the negotiations and democratic votes of the so-called “Synodal Way” have been concluded. The majority vote decisions are now to be implemented. However, the resolutions do not meet […]

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Can the Eucharist save civilization?

March 9, 2023 Dr. R. Jared Staudt 25

We often repeat that the Eucharist is the source and summit of the Christian life. What happens when this source and summit has been rejected by a majority of Catholics? We received a wakeup call […]

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“Do this in remembrance of Me”: Memory, Culture, Sacrament

October 22, 2022 Archbishop Charles J. Chaput, OFM Cap. 12

Editor’s note: The following keynote address was given by Archbishop Chaput at the Eucharistic Symposium at the Cathedral of Saint Thomas More in Arlington, VA, on October 22, 2022. ——————- Our theme today is the […]

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Opinion: The Universal, the Particular, and the Common Good

October 6, 2022 Emile Doak 12

Note: The following is adapted from remarks delivered at the third National Conservatism Conference in Miami, Florida, on September 13, 2022 I want to talk about the common good and the nation for a couple […]

Essay

Sitting In his right mind: On being healed from the power of mental Illness

May 16, 2022 Rob Marco 16

I was what you would call “drifting” at the time my father was taken to a psychiatric facility; I had quit my job working in a restaurant and had caught a bus from Philadelphia to […]

Essay

Lent and the Sacraments: Matrimony

March 31, 2022 Peter M.J. Stravinskas 10

Quoting the Code of Canon Law, the Catechism begins its reflections on the Sacrament of Matrimony in this manner: The matrimonial covenant, by which a man and a woman establish between themselves a partnership of […]

Analysis

Who Baptizes? Sacramental specificity in an auto-correct world

February 21, 2022 Fr. Charles Fox 16

“Do this in memory of me.” –Luke 22:19 For a few years now, I have observed the slow but steady corrosion of my spelling ability. With the rising ubiquity of spell-check and especially auto-correct features […]

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