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Pope's Angelus Address
Even those families who are suffering the most, who have been uprooted from their lands, were present with us in the Synod, in our prayers and in our work, through the voice of some of their pastors...
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Pope St. Evaristus
Date of birth unknown; died about 107. In the Liberian Catalogue his name is given as Aristus. In papal catalogues of the second century used by Irenaeus and Hippolytus, he appears as the fourth...
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Pope condemns xenophobia against gypsies
On the 50th anniversary of Paul VI’s audience with the gypsy community, Pope Francis urged Roma and Sinti people to stay out of fraudulent activities and send their children to school. He condemned the...
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The origin of the Church: the Acts of the Apostles
In the accepted order of the books of the New Testament the fifth book is called The Acts of the Apostles (praxeis Apostolon). Some have thought that the title of the book was affixed by the author...
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Saint Simon the Cananaean and Saint Jude Thaddeus
Let us look at them together, not only because they are always placed next to each other in the lists of the Twelve (cf. Mt 10: 3, 4; Mk 3: 18; Lk 6: 15; Acts 1: 13), but also because there is very...
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Fathers know best
The ancient Christians who exercised a powerful influence on the life of the Church reach across the ages to contemporary Catholics, offering 'a timely witness' The ancient Christians who exercised a...
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Interview with Cardinal Mauro Piacenza about the solemnity of All the Saints...
During this time of the year, the dead are often associated with spooky ghosts and scary poltergeists. The Catholic Church instead celebrates the Feasts of All Saints and All Souls, a time to reflect...
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The solemnity of all saints
The liturgy invites us to share in the heavenly jubilation of the Saints, to taste their joy. The Saints are not a small caste of chosen souls but an innumerable crowd to which the liturgy urges us to...
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The origins of the Solemnity of all saints
Solemnity celebrated on the first of November. It is instituted to honour all the saints, known and unknown, and, according to Urban IV, to supply any deficiencies in the faithful's celebration of...
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Pope Francis celebrates Mass for All Saints at Verano cemetery
Pope Francis on Sunday travelled across Rome to the city’s Verano cemetery to celebrate Mass for All Saints Day. In his homily the Pope reflected on the words of the Beatitudes spoken by Jesus as he...
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