Archive for November 24, 2022

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By Kelsey Wicks

The little-known connection between hoops and holiness

The start of basketball season always coincides with Thanksgiving, lending a proper season to be grateful for the American-born sport. Read more

This work of art was displayed at St. Peter's on the occasion of the Vatican's celebration of the canonization of 117 Vietnamese martyrs on July 19, 1988.?w=200&h=150

By Kevin J. Jones

Remembering the hundreds of thousands of Christians martyred in Vietnam 

From 1630 to 1886, somewhere between 130,000 and 300,000 Christians faced martyrdom in Vietnam, often after being held captive and... Read more

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By Joe Bukuras

What can the Maronite rite offer the Eucharistic Revival? Here’s what two Maronite bishops say

The two Maronite bishops in the United States say the Catholic Church can learn from the Maronite liturgy, with its... Read more

Runners in the 13th Annual Thanksgiving Turkey Trot around Vatican City on Nov. 24, 2022.?w=200&h=150

By Courtney Mares

Seminarians run a Thanksgiving Turkey Trot around Vatican City State

More than 130 seminarians, priests, and Catholic college students ran in the 13th Annual Thanksgiving Turkey Trot around Vatican City... Read more

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By Hannah Brockhaus

Pope Francis says this is the difference between theologians and catechists

Pope Francis on Thursday distinguished between how catechists and theologians interact with Church teaching. Read more

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St. Benedict Church in Baltimore, Maryland (left) and St. Benedict Church in Richmond, Virginia.

‘Reverently awe-inspiring’: The story behind twin Catholic parishes in Virginia, Maryland

The interior of the Milk Grotto in Bethlehem. In the background, the most well-known depiction of Our Lady of the Milk. According to a Christian tradition dating back to the sixth century, the Virgin Mary was nursing the baby Jesus here, and when, in haste to flee to Egypt, she took him off her breast, a drop of milk fell to the ground, turning the stone completely white.

Bethlehem’s ‘Milk Grotto’: A pilgrimage site of hope for families seeking miracles

Lee Edwares received the VOC Truman-Reagan Medal of Freedom, at the opening of the Victims of Communism Museum, June 2022. This medal is the highest honor from the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation, which he co-founded in 1994.

Lee Edwards, Catholic historian of American conservatism, dies at 92   

Pope Francis greets artists and participants of the 2024 Vatican Christmas Concert in the Clementine Hall on Dec. 14, 2024.

Pope Francis calls on Vatican Christmas Concert artists to promote peace, reconciliation

Jack Traynor (next to child on first row) as a pilgrim to Lourdes in 1925, two years after his healing.

The healing of a Royal Navy sailor at Lourdes

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Christmas 2024: Catholic gifts for anyone on your shopping list

Detail of a 1964 West German postage stamp showing Father Alfred Delp.

The Nazi resister who had one of the most profound Advents ever

A pro-abortion activist displays abortion pills as she counter-protests during a pro-life rally on March 25, 2023, in New York City.

Trump commits to keeping abortion pill available

Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Superior, which has programs for the disabled, elderly, and impoverished, argued caring for those in need is part of its religious mission.

Supreme Court to hear Catholic Charities case on whether serving the poor is religious act

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Cardinal Cupich asks Catholics ‘to receive holy Communion standing’ in Chicago Archdiocese

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