Crowds flock to newest Catholic saint in Assisi — a millennial teen whose ordinariness is the draw
Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims have been pouring into the medieval hilltop town of Assisi in Italy to venerate the ...
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Holy Week rekindles ancient church traditions
On Palm Sunday, a week before Easter, the Catholic Church recalls Jesus’ messianic entrance into Jerusalem before his crucifixion. As Jesus rode into the city on a small donkey, the Jews ...
Greek Reporter23d
From the Roman Empire to the Roman Catholic Church
The Roman Empire gave its place to the Roman Catholic Church. Photo of the facade of the Saint Peter’s Basilica in Rome, Italy. Credit: Alvesgaspar Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 4.0 When the Roman Empire ...
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Mass times set for Ash Wednesday at area Catholic churches
Annunciation of the Lord Catholic Church in Decatur: 6:00 AM (bilingual English and Spanish) 9:00 AM (English) 6:00 PM (English) 8:00 PM (Spanish) 9:00 AM Mass will include students but is open to ...
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Bishop announces parish closings, days later speaks of 'growing and vibrant' churches while seeking donors
Robert Herguth / Sun-Times Share A Catholic bishop in Chicago’s suburbs is embarking on his annual fundraising campaign in local churches days after announcing he’s shuttering or merging a ...
The Christian Post25d
Evangelicals Are Few, but Growing in Iraq
A Washington Post article on Thursday reported that in Baghdad alone, seven new evangelical churches have been established in the past two years, as Christians from Roman Catholic and Chaldean ...
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‘Conclave’ could have made a revolutionary statement — but it fell short
This isn’t as far-fetched as it might seem. One of the bigger issues for the Catholic Church is African priests who secretly marry. Many marry because they are in competition to attract members ...
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Lost opportunity that might have reshaped the Catholic Church
A new book has told the history of the Catholic Church through the last seven popes. AP What it did not find time to do was to stop the abuse of children by Catholic priests. A church founded by ...
National Catholic Register1mon
Khabur: Recalling a Hidden Assyrian Christian Hostage Crisis
Members of the Assyrian Church can receive Holy Communion in the Chaldean Catholic Church (in communion with Rome) and vice versa, if no other options are available. Only last year, Pope Francis ...