Below is an excerpt from Archbishop Gustavo García-Siller’s presentation to the Theology on Tap Hill Country gathering in Boerne on Feb. 12. Our most powerful image for Lent has always been Jesus’ 40 day walk into the desert. We also remember Israel’s 40 year journey through the wilderness on the way to the promised land. […]
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Faith is an adventure, Pope Francis tells Chilean youth
Veronica Markland January 18, 2018 0 COMMENTSBy Hannah Brockhaus Santiago, Chile, Jan 17, 2018 / 02:21 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- In a meeting with youth during his second full day in Chile, Pope Francis said that faith is a grand adventure, one that gives young people the inspiration to overcome difficulties and dream big. “I know that the hearts of young Chileans dream, […]
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The Rihanna-Hosted 2018 Met Gala Theme is ‘Fashion and the Catholic Imagination’
Veronica Markland January 9, 2018 0 COMMENTSThe accompanying exhibition will feature garments borrowed from the Vatican, as well as designer pieces informed by Catholic aesthetics. By Whitney Bauck Next year’s Met Gala theme has officially been confirmed: The title of the Costume Institute‘s much-anticipated spring exhibition is “Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination.” The exhibition will feature ecclesiastical garb borrowed from the Vatican, […]
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Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception, Patroness of the United States of America
Veronica Markland December 7, 2017 0 COMMENTSREAD “No sin would touch her, so that she would be a fitting and worthy vessel of the Son of God. The Immaculate Conception does not refer to the virginal conception and the birth of Christ, but rather to Mary’s being conceived without inheriting Original Sin.” (United States Catholic Catechism for Adults, 142-143) Take time […]
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US, Mexican bishops call for ‘people’s voice’ in NAFTA negotiations
Veronica Markland November 27, 2017 0 COMMENTSWashington D.C., Nov 26, 2017 / 06:01 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The U.S. and Mexican bishops’ conferences have issued a joint statement saying NAFTA renegotiations must respect the poor, alleviate the need for migration, protect laborers and intellectual property rights, and care for creation, indigenous people, and small farmers. The statement, issued Nov. 21, urged leaders […]
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By Wlodzimierz Redzioch Vatican City, Nov 20, 2017 / 07:00 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- At a Nov. 17 ceremony at the Polish Embassy to the Holy See, Ambassador Janusz Kotanski delivered a relic of Pope St. John Paul II to Panama’s Ambassador to the Holy See, Miroslava Rosas Vargas. The relic is a gift from Cardinal Stanislaw […]
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Pope Francis grieved by ‘senseless violence’ of Texas church shooting
Veronica Markland November 7, 2017 0 COMMENTSOn Tuesday Pope Francis voiced his sorrow after 26 people were killed at a Baptist Church in Texas over the weekend, offering his support and praying that such acts of meaningless violence would come to an end. In a Nov. 7 telegram signed by Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Pope Francis said he […]
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By Mary Rezac Denver, Colo., Oct 23, 2017 / 03:53 am (CNA).- In 2015, the president of the University of Louisville issued an official apology, after a photo depicting him dressed in Mexican stereotypes for Halloween was criticized as insensitive and derogatory. “I want to personally apologize for the recent incident and any pain that it […]
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In a press conference ahead of World Mission Day, Cardinal Fernando Filoni stressed the importance of missionary work, saying that it is a necessary aspect of the Christian faith, and that it must begin with each of us. “In the Christian faith there is a pulse that gives life to the body. If the pulse […]
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My Dear Young People, I am pleased to announce that in October 2018 a Synod of Bishops will take place to treat the topic: “Young People, the Faith and Vocational Discernment.” I wanted you to be the centre of attention, because you are in my heart. Today, the Preparatory Document is being presented, a document […]
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