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Advent with the Saints: Frances Xavier Cabrini

Much of the Catholic Church in the United States has grown through the faith of thousands of immigrants who came here over the centuries.

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Advent with the Saints: Isaiah

Passages from Isaiah are among the most beautiful in the Bible, touching upon poetic imagery of deserts blooming, mountains lowering, and valleys filling up.
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Two Feasts for Saint Joseph?

On March 19, we celebrate Saint Joseph, husband of Mary. On May 1, we celebrate Saint Joseph the Worker. Why are there two feasts for the same saint? The worldwide Church has long honored St. Joseph, and his feast entered ...
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Listen: Thirty-first Week in Ordinary Time

As the liturgical year winds down with the 31st week in Ordinary Time, All Souls Day on November 2nd gently preempts our usual Sunday celebration, inviting us to pause and remember the faithful departed. Far from a somber interruption, this ...
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Communion of Saints: Deepening our Relationships with Those We’ve Lost

Through the communion of saints, we all have a profound second chance: not to erase the past, but to speak love into eternity and reclaim the relationship that death could not sever...
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A Spirituality of Aging and Letting Go

What does it mean to age with grace, to let go without losing hope, and to face life’s deepest losses with open hands? What does it mean to move toward spiritual maturity as life unfolds, and how can a spirituality ...
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A handout photograph, shot in January 2024, shows women and babies at the Zamzam displacement camp, close to el-Fasher in North Darfur, Sudan. (OSV News photo/Mohamed Zakaria, MSF handout via Reuters) Editors: THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT

With thousands trapped in Sudan, Catholic leaders amplify calls to end war

As a paramilitary group announced the capture of el-Fasher, the besieged capital of Sudan's North Darfur state, Catholic Church leaders amplified calls for the protection of "forgotten" civilians.
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