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  • [ July 9, 2025 ] Funeral of soccer star Diogo Jota: tributes, mourning and final farewell  News Briefs
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St. Catherine of Siena

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St. Catherine of Siena and leaving the Church

April 29, 2025 Thomas McDermott, OP 34

In the wake of so many clerical sex abuse scandals, to many people the Catholic Church appears hypocritical and bankrupt morally and spiritually. In the midst of such trying times, how can Catholics justify remaining […]

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Discover the hidden chapel in Rome where St. Catherine of Siena died

April 29, 2024 Catholic News Agency 2

The hidden chapel where St. Catherine of Siena died in Rome is located in the Palazzo Santa Chiara on Via di S. Chiara, 14. / Credit: Photo by Courtney Mares.

Rome, Italy, Apr 29, 2024 / 04:00 am (CNA).
While most people associate St. Catherine… […]

Books

Lessons from spiritual masters about life and prayer

April 5, 2024 Paul Senz 2

Two millennia of Christianity have yielded a tremendous number of brilliant, holy, and insightful men and women. Many of these men and women penned works of staggering beauty and spiritual insight, which have become widely […]

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What is hell like? Check out these visions received by Catholic saints

January 27, 2024 Catholic News Agency 1

In the history of the Catholic Church, various saints and blesseds have described what hell is like and even the precise place where the “bad” Christians would be. / Credit: Guido Jansen/Unsplash

ACI Prensa Staff, Jan 27, 2024 / 07:00 am (CNA)…. […]

The Dispatch

Tertiaries of the Church and Saint Catherine of Siena

April 29, 2023 Dawn Beutner 5

Practically every Catholic knows about Saint Catherine of Siena, whose feast day is celebrated on April 29. She is popularly remembered for being the last child born into a large family,1 for writing down her […]

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Pope Francis: St. Catherine of Siena is a gift to the Church and humanity

April 29, 2021 CNA Daily News 0

Vatican City, Apr 29, 2021 / 12:00 pm America/Denver (CNA). On the feast of St. Catherine of Siena, Pope Francis expressed his hope that the “great female figure of faith” would continue to inspire more […]

The entrance portal of St. Peter's Parish Church in Radovljica. (Photo: Donald Judge from England/Wikimedia Commons)
Features

New book clarifies beliefs and corrects misunderstandings about the papacy

December 4, 2018 CWR Staff 8

Stephen K. Ray is the author of several books, including Crossing the Tiber, Upon This Rock, and St. John’s Gospel: A Bible Study and Commentary. He is also the host of the popular, award-winning film series […]

Essay

Time to ordain women…or not

September 16, 2018 Mary Catherine Sommers 29

Women in the Church are freed for the prophetic role that can only belong to “outsiders.” […]

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