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This Sunday, where will the millions of palms come from?
Washington D.C., Mar 16, 2016 / 03:53 am (CNA/EWTN News).- With Palm Sunday right around the corner, Catholics across the globe will soon be handed leaves as they walk into church. Some might fold them into elaborate little crosses. Kids will poke each other with them. But it’s safe to say most won’t know where… Read More ›
It’s official – Mother Teresa will be canonized September 4
Vatican City, Mar 15, 2016 / 03:57 am (CNA/EWTN News).- After months of anticipation, the date of Mother Teresa’s canonization has finally been announced. It falls on Sept. 4, which this year will also mark a special jubilee for workers and volunteers of mercy. Though it’s been rumored for months that Mother Teresa’s canonization will… Read More ›
There’s no question – the Missionaries of Charity in Yemen ‘died as martyrs’
Rome, Italy, Mar 6, 2016 / 11:03 am (CNA/EWTN News).- After a recent attack at a Missionaries of Charity convent in Yemen claimed the lives of four of the sisters there, the bishop overseeing the area said he has no doubt they died as martyrs. “For me there is no doubt that the sisters have… Read More ›
Centuries-old icon uncovered in Bethlehem church
The Times of Israel: Workers renovating Bethlehem’s Church of the Nativity have uncovered a centuries-old icon “of great religious and historical value,” Ziad al-Bandak, a Palestinian presidential adviser for Christian Affairs, said Saturday. Al-Bandak told the Ma’an news agency that the icon was discovered near a window under plaster nearly two months ago and is… Read More ›
Forgive like Jesus, don’t accuse like the devil, pope tells Capuchins
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Confessors have two choices: to be like Jesus who readily forgave sins or like the devil who always condemns, Pope Francis said. “You can either do the work of Jesus, who forgives, by giving your lives in prayer (and) through many hours seated there or you do the work of the… Read More ›
Pope Warns Against 3 Temptations That Threaten God’s Dream for UsDuring Mass in Ecatepec, Francis Departs From Script to Say ‘Don’t Dialogue With Devil,’ Because ‘He Will Always Win’
ZENIT-2/16/2016: Pope Francis has reminded Mexican faithful that Lent is a time to rediscover our joy as God’s children, and warned against three daily temptations that seek to destroy our Father’s plan for us. The Holy Father did this during the Mass he celebrated this morning in Ecatepec, Mexico, during his second full day in… Read More ›
Pope calls for concrete acts of mercy this Lent
Vatican City, Jan 26, 2016 / 04:37 am (CNA/EWTN News).- In his 2016 Lenten message, Pope Francis called the faithful to place special emphasis on the spiritual and corporal works of mercy this Lent, taking into account the current Jubilee Year of Mercy. “God’s mercy transforms human hearts; it enables us, through the experience of… Read More ›
‘We are brothers’ – Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill hold historic meeting
Havana, Cuba, Feb 12, 2016 / 04:10 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Christian brotherhood and unity were the focus of Pope Francis and Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill when they met on Friday afternoon in Havana. “We spoke as brothers,” Pope Francis said. “We have the same baptism. We are bishops. We spoke of our Churches.” “We agreed… Read More ›
Feast of the Presentation
Today’s Feast, which marks the end of the Christmas season [in the old liturgical calendar], is a feast both of Jesus and of Mary: of Jesus, because He is presented by His Mother in the Temple forty days after His birth, according to the requirements of the law; of Mary, because she submits herself to… Read More ›
What Is the Difference Between a Friar, a Monk and a Priest?
Their priesthoods are equivalent, but their vocations are not exactly alike A reader writes to Aleteia: “Can you please help me to understand the differences between friar, monk and priest? I appreciate your attention. [Signed,] Lorena F.” These are somewhat flexible terms; popularly they are all understood to involve a life of sacrifice and poverty…. Read More ›