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Advent week two: Four ways to be more attentive this Advent
Dec 09, 2018
“Be watchful!” and “Be alert!” are two traditional spiritual commands often heard by Catholics during the Advent season in preparation for the birth of Christ at Christmas.
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Advent is the remedy to our spiritual crisis
Dec 09, 2018
Real faith grows when we have the humility and the honesty to profess what we really believe, to speak what we really know, and to stand before God and one another as we really are.
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Second Sunday of Advent: The incarnation, still dawning upon us
Dec 09, 2018
Advent is about the incarnation. The enfleshment of the Eternal Word has indeed already occurred. In many ways, however, the Incarnation is still dawning on us, with all the connotations you can squeeze out of that word ‘dawning.’
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Pope announces that the Church has 19 new Blesseds
Dec 09, 2018
After reciting the Angelus along with thousands gathered in St Peter’s Square on Saturday, Pope Francis announced that 19 martyrs were beatified in Algeria.
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Pope on martyrs of Algeria: Martyrdom not a thing of the past
Dec 07, 2018
Pope Francis has written a letter to Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu on the occasion of the upcoming beatification of the 19 martyrs of Algeria on Saturday in Oran, Algeria.
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Pope at Mass: the Lord is the rock on which to build our lives
Dec 07, 2018
Speaking and acting. Sand and rock. High and low. Pope Francis based his homily at the daily Mass on these three contrasts.
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Pope Francis to visit the United Arab Emirates in February
Dec 07, 2018
The Vatican announced that Pope Francis is scheduled to travel to the United Arab Emirates in February to participate in an interfaith meeting.
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Pope to Mercedarian Fathers: Never stop being instruments of freedom
Dec 07, 2018
Pope Francis meets with Mercedarian Fathers celebrating 800 years since the foundation of their order and urges them never to stop being instruments of freedom, joy and hope.
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Pope's December prayer intention: In the service of the transmission of faith
Dec 07, 2018
Pope Francis on Thursday released a video message accompanying his prayer intention for December, which this month is " In the service of the transmission of faith".
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Small Irish community seeks help to save a saint's iconic cross
Dec 07, 2018
A unique Irish cross marking the 1,400-year-old grave of a Catholic saint is in danger of destruction due to erosion, and the local community is seeking help to restore the “icon of Ireland’s early Christian heritage.”
Sunday Reflection
From mere productivity to wholehearted fruitfulness
Reflecting on our Sunday Readings with the Editor