VATICAN CITY (CNS) - The power of God's forgiveness "is greater than our sins," Pope Francis said. Christians have "the certainty that he will never abandon us," the pope said at his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square March 30. "If you fall into sin, stand up! When a child falls, what d...
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Irondale, AL (EWTN) – Mother Mary Angelica of the Annunciation, P.C.P.A., known to millions around the world as Foundress of the Eternal Word Television Network (now the EWTN Global Catholic Network), died peacefully on Easter Sunday, March 27, surrounded by the Poor Clare Nuns of Perpet...
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SCHUYLER, Neb. (CNS) - Brother Sebastian Goldade's hands are steady as he lines up a Lenten liturgical vestment on one of his workshop's six sewing machines at Christ the King Priory. At age 74, the Missionary Benedictine doesn't miss a stitch, but he can't move as quickly as 50 years ago, when he...
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ARLINGTON, Va. (CNS) - Susan Pawlukiewicz traveled to Poland three years ago bearing immense grief over the recent loss of her mother. About seven weeks later, she returned to the United States with a sense of peace and gratitude -- and a duffel bag filled with 35 rolled-up prints. She wasn't sure...
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Easter is a feast of hope, a celebration of God's mercy and a call to pray for and assist all who suffer, Pope Francis said before giving his solemn blessing "urbi et orbi" (to the city and the world).             The...
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Q. I am a Catholic who will be marrying a Methodist (baptized and confirmed) who now attends a Christian church. We have decided to have her Christian pastor marry us at a "neutral" venue outside of either faith's church. However, it is still very important to my family and to me to receive the ble...
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SAN DIEGO (CNS) - After three years of working for Catholic Relief Services promoting the fair trade movement, Evangely Aliangan Ward decided she could do more. So, in late 2010, she founded Around the World Gifts. Located in Old Town San Diego, nestled among an assortment of shops and restaurants,...
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WASHINGTON (CNS) - College campuses, once considered bastions of free expression, have been erring so much on the side of caution and fear of offending others that many say they are stifling free speech. "Muzzles have replaced megaphones on campus in many cases" is how the U.S. News & World...
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Q. In the Bible, Jesus says: "Do this in memory of me." But he doesn't say that it has to be done every Sunday and holy day. So many young people are falling away from the church because of its rigidity. Please explain why we are obligated. (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) A. The responsibility to gather on S...
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DRAPER, Utah (CNS) – Jesuit Brother Guy Consolmagno finds no conflict between the science he pursues in studying meteorites and the Catholic faith he practices every day.             Director of the Vatican Observatory, the Michigan nativ...
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