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By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY — The foundation of sacramental marriage is the unity of the spouses, a bond so intense and grace-filled that it is exclusive and indissoluble, said a document from the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith.
Local
By Jim Hale
One of the most violent persecutions of Catholics in modern history occurred in Mexico 1926-29 in what became known as the Cristero War.
Pope Leo XIV
By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY — When Christians recite the Creed, it should prompt an examination of conscience about what they truly believe and what kind of example of faith in God they give to others, Pope Leo XIV wrote.
Pope Leo XIV
By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY — Church choirs help everyone at Mass experience harmony while expressing love for God through the beauty of music, Pope Leo XIV said.
Columns
By Fr. Joseph Rampino
In the cultural milieu of this past year, the title of this feast, “the Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe,” may well ring differently.
Pope Leo XIV
By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV urged U.S. high school students to be "intentional" with their screen time, their prayer time and their involvement in a local parish.
Local
By Jim Hale
Instead of making a bucket list for your birthday, Brooks challenged the sellout crowd of 150 to want less. “Make a reverse bucket list of all the things you’re going to stop doing,” he said.
Local
By Anna Donofrio
For just one year, the Museum of the Bible in Washington will host a rare exhibition of the Dead Sea Scrolls, which feature fragments of the Psalms, Genesis, and the Ten Commandments, among other Jewish religious texts not featured in the Hebrew Bible. The exhibition will have three “rotations” of different scroll fragments, with one rotation every three months.
Global
By Monasa Narjara
The world’s tallest monument dedicated to Our Lady of Fátima was inaugurated and blessed Nov. 13 during the closing Mass of the Marian Jubilee in Crato, located in Ceará state in northeastern Brazil.
Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY — Following the example of St. Francis of Assisi, bishops are called to be close to the people in their dioceses and peacemakers in a world marked by division and tension, Pope Leo XIV told the bishops of Italy.
