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“Woe to the shepherds who mislead and scatter the flock …”
On the Readings for Sunday, July 22, 2018. […]
Month: July 2024
Books
The searing power of marriage
While it may seem implausible, the funniest book of recent memory is a memoir by a man whose wife asks him for a divorce because she’s fallen in love with another man. It is also […]
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PHOTOS: Massive Eucharistic procession through downtown Indianapolis
Bishops and priests process past the Soldiers and Sailors Monument in downtown Indianapolis. / Credit: Jonah McKeown/CNA
Indianapolis, Ind., Jul 20, 2024 / 23:45 pm (CNA).
Thousands of people lined the streets of Indianapolis July 20 … […]
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Eucharistic congress ‘a moment of unity’ for the U.S. Church, Bishop Cozzens says
Bishop Andrew Cozzens, who spearheaded the National Eucharistic Revival and congress taking place in Indianapolis from July 17-21, 2024, takes questions from the media. / Credit: Zelda Caldwell
Indianapolis, Ind., Jul 20, 2024 / 14:20 pm (CNA)…. […]
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Under patronage of St. Joseph, parish priest restarts schooling for students in Gaza
Some young people from Gaza during study aid activities in a gazebo inside the compound of the Latin Parish of the Holy Family. Beginning June 10, 2024, about 150 children and teenagers ages 4 to 17 who are sheltering in the Latin parish and in … […]
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An invitation to find healing in Jesus: Day three of the National Eucharistic Congress
Father Boniface Hicks, O.S.B., a sought-after spiritual director and retreat master, processes the massive golden monstrance containing the Eucharist into the midst of the assembled crowd in Lucas Oil Stadium. / Credit: Jonah McKeown/CNA
Indian… […]
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The faith of Venezuela’s presidential candidates: A crucial decision for Catholic voters
Venezuelan opposition presidential candidate for the Plataforma Unitaria Democratica party, Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia (left) and current Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro appear to have the lead in that country’s upcoming elections, which will … […]
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National Conference for Single Catholics promises to deepen faith, foster relationships
Participants at NCSC 2023 in Plymouth, Michigan. / Credit: Photo courtesy of NCSC
Ann Arbor, Michigan, Jul 20, 2024 / 06:00 am (CNA).
The upcoming 2024 National Conference for Single Catholics promises to embolden the faith of participants who… […]
Analysis
The tyranny of in vitro fertilization
Dr. René Frydman is best known by French citizens as the “medical father” of their first in vitro fertilization baby (1982). Medical researchers, on the other hand, laud him for his quadruple decades of pioneering […]
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Kierkegaard, Catholicism, and the question of religious knowledge
A Presbyterian church down the road from where I live—one hooked, as many churches are, to posting one-liners on its marquee—recently put up a quotation that irked me the more I had to drive by […]