Catholic Review
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Giving, News, World News
While pilgrimages to the Holy Land have been few and far between in the past 18 months, hundreds of Franciscan friars celebrate Mass at the sites associated with the life of Jesus each day and continue to support the local Christian populations.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: News, Vatican, Vocations, World News
The multicultural composition of the Salesian order is a gift that the priests and brothers should use in their service to the church and the world, and particularly to young people in need, Pope Francis said.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News
Saying “yes” to God’s plan for one’s life does not mean everything will be easy, but it does mean knowing that God is there and will help, Pope Francis said.
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Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Lent, Local News, News, Radio Interview
Catholic Review Editor Christopher Gunty talks with Deacon Greg Kandra of the Deacon’s Bench blog about his new book, “A Handy Little Guide to Fasting” from OSV Books. They discuss the essential practices of Lent for Catholics – prayer, fasting and almsgiving – and how to enhance your spiritual life in this penitential season.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, Lent, News, Vatican, World News
While Pope Francis’ condition has continued to improve, the Vatican announced that he will not lead his traditional Ash Wednesday services in Rome March 5.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News
The office governing Vatican City State was set to have a new president March 1 and, while in the hospital, Pope Francis changed the office’s statutes to give the new president two top-level assistants.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Lent, News, Vatican, World News
The Vatican released a partial schedule of Pope Francis’ liturgical celebrations in March and early April, including a group Lenten retreat for the pope and top members of the Curia for the first time in five years.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News, Worship & Sacraments
When a holy day of obligation falls on a Sunday and so is transferred to another day, the Catholic faithful are encouraged to attend Mass, but they are not obliged to do so, the Vatican said.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News
While many people around the world seek a blessing for their animals around the Oct. 4 feast of St. Francis of Assisi, in Italy the traditional date to pray for the protection of one’s pets and livestock is Jan. 17 — the feast of St. Anthony the Abbot.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News
Pope Francis is scheduled to complete the Christmastime liturgies by baptizing babies in the Sistine Chapel Jan. 12, the feast of the Baptism of the Lord.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Jubilee 2025, News, Vatican, World News
A Holy Door is an image of God, who awaits the return of his children with open arms, said the archpriest of Rome’s Basilica of St. John Lateran.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: News, World News
A member of the protest group FEMEN was arrested after she jumped the barricade around the Vatican Nativity scene, took off her shirt and tried to grab the statue of the baby Jesus.
