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By Kate Quiñones
The Vatican has clarified that Catholics in the United States must still attend Mass on holy days of obligation even when they are transferred to Mondays or Saturdays, correcting a long-standing practice in the U.S. church.
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VATICAN CITY — With the Holy Year 2025 beginning on Christmas Eve, the Vatican's 2024 Christmas stamps feature the Jubilee message of hope as well as a prayer for peace.
Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY — God wants everyone to be a saint, and the clearest path to achieving that goal is loving service to others, Pope Francis said.
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By Jim Hale
It’s one of the most visible things a Catholic does at every Mass and one of the first things a child is taught. But the practice of genuflecting can become rote and done hurriedly without intention. To genuflect is to bend the (right) knee and, if able, touch it to the ground. “When we genuflect […]
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By Justin McLellan
ROME — Approximately 40,000 visitors enter St. Peter's Basilica each day, and now they can gain deeper insights into what they are seeing inside the world's largest church.
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Whether you dress up as a ghoul, a hero, or a saint, Halloween has a Christian origin that should inspire us to remember our mortality and our redemption in Christ, according to Bishop David Konderla of Tulsa, Okla.
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In celebration of National Vocation Awareness Week, Nov. 3-9, the Arlington diocese produced a video, “A Day in the Life of a Catholic Priest,” giving viewers a window into the priesthood.
Columnists
By Elizabeth Foss
It was the juxtaposition that got me. First, there was a post by a mom with six kids ticking off the numerous Halloween activities her family was planning to attend and reiterating her resolve to just let them eat as much candy as they want until the season passes. She was tired of being the […]
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