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By Soren Johnson
“For I, the Lord, your God, am a jealous God.” I was helping my 6-year-old with her religious education homework the other evening when we came across this verse, tucked away within the 10 Commandments. All these years, I’ve skimmed over it as if it was some residue from the old King James translation, a […]
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By Christina Capecchi
The wedding that Tyler Schwandt and his fiancee are planning could’ve been broadcast on national TV. But he’s perfectly content with a quieter, more intimate wedding Mass. The 23-year-old Catholic from Rockford, Mich., has the distinction of being the firstborn of 13 boys, the family whose improbable boy streak went viral with the 12th pregnancy […]
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By Elizabeth Foss
Just moments ago, I sat here in irritated frustration while a colored spinning wheel spun and spun and spun. It must have been 30 seconds or so. An eternity, really, in Internet time. I could barely sit still for the time it took to load a blank page upon which to write. We don’t wait […]
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By Msgr. Charles M. Mangan
Of all the things that Pope Francis has said and done during his still brief pontificate, his insistence that we extend mercy to others as God has shown mercy to us remains front and center. It is no wonder, then, that the Holy Father announced the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy that will begin Dec. 8, […]
Global
By Cindy Wooden
BANGUI, Central African Republic – Pope Francis ended his visit to the violence-torn Central African Republic with cries for peace and pleas for a mercy that seeks and grants forgiveness. In a country where political and ethnic rivalries also have split the population along religious lines, Pope Francis began Nov. 30 with a visit to […]
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By Carol Glatz
VATICAN CITY – The Christmas tree and Nativity scene in St. Peter’s Square will be set up and unveiled earlier than usual this year to be ready for the opening of the Year of Mercy. In preparation for the extraordinary event, which begins Dec. 8 with the opening of the Holy Door in St. Peter’s […]
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By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis’ calendar of Masses and prayer services for December and January are a combination of annual Advent and Christmas celebrations and added events for the beginning of the Year of Mercy. In St. Peter’s Basilica Dec. 8, the feast of the Immaculate Conception, Pope Francis will celebrate Mass and open the […]
National
By Veronica Ambuul
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – A priest who celebrates Mass every Friday morning on a sidewalk near the Planned Parenthood clinic targeted by a lone gunman Nov. 27 said the shooter’s actions were the antithesis of the pro-life cause. “We want the conversion of Planned Parenthood, not their destruction,” said Father Bill Carmody, the longtime Respect […]
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By Nancy Frazier O’brien
BALTIMORE – The Year of Mercy proclaimed by Pope Francis is a particularly appropriate time to raise awareness about Project Rachel, the Catholic program that helps people heal in the aftermath of an abortion, three cardinals told their fellow bishops last week. Cardinals Sean P. O’Malley of Boston, Donald W. Wuerl of Washington and Timothy […]
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