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The power of Mother Teresa’s Flying Novena and praying to St. Anthony
Do you know that feeling when you are sure that God has answered your prayers? I have felt heaven's touch in my life mostly through the intercession of the Blessed Virgin and St. Anthony. Of course, I know that I can pray directly to God,…
Did Shakespeare have Catholic sympathies?
Clare Asquith is the author of Shakespeare and the Resistance (PublicAffairs, 2018), a book in which she argues that William Shakespeare harbored Catholic sympathies and covertly critiqued the religious fabric of his age through his…
World’s oldest nun, praised for saving Jews, dies at 110
Polish Dominican sister played key role in saving 17 resistance fighters during Holocaust
A century later, the lasting wounds of World War I
The combatants are the greatest and wealthiest nations of the earth; what wonder, then, if, well provided with the most awful weapons modern military science has devised, they strive to destroy one another with refinements of horror. There…
Holy Father’s prayer intention for November
UNIVERSAL: In the Service of Peace: That the language of love and dialogue may always prevail over the language of conflict.
Synod concludes but will continue at local level
VATICAN CITY — The synod assembly on young people concluded at the Vatican on Sunday with a letter addressed to the young people of the world appealing to them to get involved in both the Church and society that “urgently needs your…
‘Romero’ film released on DVD as Church prepares to canonize the martyred archbishop
With the Oct. 14 canonization of El Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero, Paulist Productions is releasing on DVD the 1989 movie Romero. The newly remastered film tells the story of Archbishop Romero — a bookish cleric turned lion — who in…
Padre Pio: Help us on our path to heaven!
Certain saints have extra special meaning for Catholics, especially ones that were alive during our lifetimes or close to it. We even have affectionate nicknames for them. Mother Teresa will always be Mother Teresa to many of us instead of…
The crown of motherhood
A friend told me that he saw my picture in a 30th-anniversary issue of my hometown newspaper, the Forest City Summit. It was a picture of me along with the other members of the Miss Forest City Pageant court smiling at the camera. Miss…
Holy Father’s prayer intention for October
EVANGELIZATION: The Mission of Religious: That consecrated religious men and women may bestir themselves, and be present among the poor, the marginalized, and those who have no voice.
