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  • St. Joseph of Leonissa
    Joseph of Leonissa, OFM Cap.;  was the third of eight children born at Leonessa (Italy) on January 8, 1556.At baptism he was given the name Eufranio.Impressed by the example of Matthew Silvestri, who had left the medical profession to embrace the Capuchin life and whose holiness was evident, Eufranio was inspired to become a Capuchin.  After overcoming famil […]

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Biden Story on Rejecting Komen Over Planned Parenthood Not True

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Numerous news agencies, including LifeNews, were misled into believing pro-abortion Vice President Joe Biden was upset over the original decision by Komen to cut Planned Parenthood funding. Turns out that wasn’t the case. As US News and World Report reported today: “Washington Whispers published in error a story stating that Vice President Joe Biden’s wife, …

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Dangers seen in Catholic use of Enneagram

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Writing for Catholic World Report, Anna Abbott reports that Church officials have real concerns about the use of the Enneagram in Catholic retreat centers and other ……

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Pope Celebrates Christ the Light on Feast of the Presentation of the Lord

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By EWTN NEWS/CNA | Pope Benedict XVI marked the feast of the Presentation of the Lord with vespers and explained that the presentation of Jesus in the Temple reveals Christ as the light of the world. “In the encounter between the old man Simeon and Mary, a young mother, the Old and New Testaments come together in a wondrous way in … …

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Vatican Observatory cosponsors exhibition on astronomy

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The Vatican Observatory, joined by Italy’s National Institute of Nuclear Physics, Pisa University’s physics department, is sponsoring “Stories from Another World,” an exhibition in Pisa. ……

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World’s largest restaurant chain faces lawsuit for ‘kitchen nightmares’

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Darden Restaurants, the largest full-service restaurant group in the world is facing a lawsuit that alleges the ……

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The Healing Mysteries

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An Anglican Encounters the Catholic Rosary As a young Anglican curate from an Evangelical background I wasn’t too sure what to do when a friend gave me a rosary. Not wanting to dismiss a form of prayer which was important to millions of Christians around the world, I got a book which explained the rosary and …

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Pope prays with thousands of religious at St. Peter’s Basilica

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To celebrate World Day for Consecrated Life, Pope Benedict XVI prayed with thousands of religious at St. Peter’s Basilica.

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iWitness: ‘Firm in the faith’

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One month after the end of MAGiS and World Youth Day 2011, Niall Leahy SJ describes his eventful and invigorating week in Madrid. How could the encounters with God and between pilgrims that took place this summer happen on a more local level, helping the hundreds of thousands of World Youth Day pilgrims and others to remain, ‘Planted and built up in Jesus Christ, firm in the faith’?…

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Background: World Day of Consecrated Life

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February 2 is the 16th World Day of Consecrated Life, a commemoration begun by Blessed John Paul II in 1997. In his message for the 1st World Day of Consecrated Life, the Pontiff ……

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Profile of thriving Catholic schools

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Amid continued Catholic school closures nationwide, Jim Graves of Catholic World Report profiles five thriving Catholic schools. “Students know what’s acceptable and what’s not, and we ……

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Come Holy Spirit!

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Will Catholic subculture become Catholic ghetto?

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In a Catholic World Report op-ed piece, Russell Shaw wonders whether the growing orthodox Catholic subculture–components of which he identifies as homeschooling, EWTN, and faithful ……

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‘Remarkable work of grace’ in Boston, 10 years on

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Is it over? Yes and no. It was 10 years ago this month that the sexual abuse crisis exploded in the archdiocese of Boston, with reverberations across the world….

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Discovering God

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On the thirtieth anniversary of Pope John Paul II’s letter ‘on the role of the Christian Family in the Modern World’, Michael Campbell-Johnston SJ reflects on the understanding of love offered in . Love is ‘the fundamental and innate vocation of every human being.’…

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St. Philomena Encourages Youth to Be Pure

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By EDDIE O'NEILL | Father Chad Partain is a priest on a mission: The 35-year-old priest from the Diocese of Alexandria, La., is out to tell the world about the powerful intercession of St. Philomena. His devotion to the saint has been a long one — complete with a miracle. “I was introduced to St. Philomena as a young man when … …

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Fr. Barron Responds to “Why I Hate Relgion but Love Jesus”

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Well every once in a while in kind of an extraordinary way, a video will just explode… it will make its way all over the country. It will sweep like wildfire through the virtual world. The most recent example of this phenomenon is a video… Watch and listen to Fr. Barron’s commentary on the video …

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A Tale of Two Imperialisms

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It is common these days to read the Bible as an anti-imperial epic, the story of God and Israel, then (for Christians) God and Jesus, against empire. Come out, come out from Babylon, my people!” is the theme. Its a hard sell for all sorts of reasons. Jeremiah urges the people of Judah to enter not exit Babylon (Jeremiah 27, 29). Isaiah invests Cyrus the Persian conqueror with Davidic titles-he is the Lords servant” and shepherd” and anointed one” (Isaiah 44-45). Heroes like Joseph, Daniel, and Mordecai end up as chief advisors to emperors. In Scripture, there is no such thing as empire” but only empires, and they are not all the same. Some are Babels, some beasts; some are rods of discipline, some provide refuge for the people of God…

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