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Cloistered nun and former actress to tell story of Hollywood and faith
Paso Robles, Calif., Nov 30, 2011 / 06:03 am (CNA).- The Central California Marian Eucharistic Conference this January will feature a rare speaker: Mother Dolores Hart, OSB, a former award-winning actress who performed in two Elvis Presley movies and still votes for the Academy Awards. “We feel really blessed that she is coming,” conference organizer [...]
Pope: monasteries have a precious social function
Serra San Bruno, Italy, Oct 9, 2011 / 02:28 pm (CNA/EWTN News) Pope Benedict XVI called the Carthusian charism of silence “a precious gift for the Church and the world,” and one that contained “a profound message for our life and for humanity.” “Retiring into silence and solitude, man, so to speak, is ‘exposed’ to [...]
Martyrs of England and Wales
Denver, Colo., Oct 23, 2011 / 07:49 am (CNA/EWTN News).- On October 25, the Catholic Church honors the 40 Martyrs of England and Wales, who died resisting the royal takeover that gave rise to the modern-day “Church of England” in the 16th and 17th centuries. When Pope Paul VI canonized the 40 saints in 1970, [...]
Pope Benedict declares a ‘Year of Faith’
Vatican City, Oct 16, 2011 / 10:31 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Benedict XVI has declared a “Year of Faith” which will begin in October 2012, the 50th anniversary of the opening of the Second Vatican Council. “It will be a moment of grace and commitment to a more complete conversion to God, to strengthen our [...]
In the face of the storm, Pope Benedict stood strong
Rome, Italy, Oct 13, 2011 / 03:08 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- As thunder, lightning and wind whipped through the World Youth Day prayer vigil this past August, Pope Benedict XVI was advised to leave the event three times. But he insisted that if the young people stayed, then he would too. The revelation comes from a [...]
Movie on importance of fatherhood wows at box office
Albany, Ga., Oct 8, 2011 / 05:41 pm (CNA).- A low-budget film on the crucial role of fathers debuted as the number one new movie during its opening weekend in theaters across the U.S. “There is an opportunity for fathers to step up in our culture and take more of a spiritual role and to [...]
Brazilian city hosts world’s largest Marian procession
Belém do Pará, Brazil, Oct 7, 2011 / 01:15 am (CNA).- On the evening of Oct. 4, two million people began converging on the city of Belém in the northeastern state of Pará, Brazil, for the largest Marian festival in the world. The Cirio de Nazaré procession brings Catholics from all over Brazil to show [...]
Pope calls on all to participate in New Evangelization
Castel Gandolfo, Italy, Sep 18, 2011 / 10:36 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Benedict XVI called upon all Catholics Sept. 18 to participate in a new evangelization of the world. “Today’s liturgy reminds us that we are all called to work in the vineyard of the Lord,” he told pilgrims gathered to pray the midday Angelus [...]
A Year with the Church Fathers: Patristic Wisdom for Daily Living
Book written by: Mike Aquilina Charlotte, NC: Saint Benedict Press, 2010, 388 pages, Imitation Leather, $44.95, ISBN: 1935302353. Mike Aquilina has staked a pretty good claim to being the unofficial family historian of the Catholic Church. His 20 or so books — from the essential trilogy, “The Fathers of the Church,” (1999), “The Way of [...]
Pope stresses need for ‘fraternal correction’ in Christian life
Castel Gandolfo, Italy, Sep 4, 2011 / 01:42 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Correcting the behavior of those gone astray is an essential part of Christian life, said Pope Benedict XVI in his Sunday Angelus address Sept. 4. “This approach is called fraternal correction: it is not a reaction to injury suffered, but is moved by love [...]
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