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Book Title: Spiritual Wellsprings: C.M. Thomas’s Encounter with Jesus Author/Subject: C.M. Thomas Maliekel Editors: Francis Arackal, OP, and Tom Thomas Genre: Christian Spirituality / Memoir
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On September 24, in St. Louis, a man who once shared a network time slot with Milton Berle was declared Blessed Fulton Sheen—priest, professor, and
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A Brother Among Brothers Francis of Assisi did not write theology in the academic sense. He sang it. In the Canticle of the Creatures, composed
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Janina Gomes – On October 1, the world observed the International Day of Older Persons, a UN-designated occasion first celebrated in 1991 to honour the
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Five new mysteries to pray for our wounded, hopeful common home In a time of record heat, vanishing species, and deepening inequality, our October Rosary
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By Purushottam Nayak – SIKABADI, Kandhamal, Odisha: In a remote corner of Odisha’s Kandhamal district, where daily-wage labour and small-scale farming sustain families, five young
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# chhotebhai – It is no coincidence that Gandhi Jayanti is celebrated on 2nd October and the feast of St Francis of Assisi on 4th
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There is a particular kind of exhaustion that comes from believing your life doesn’t matter unless it is visible. Scroll through any feed today and
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As he departs Rome’s Gemelli Hospital, Pope Leo XIV greets Varvara, a 13-year-old Ukrainian girl whom he met on December 31 as she awaited surgery for cancer. She offers him a photograph of their hug in St. Peter’s Square and a stuffed toy, similar to the one that accompanied her as she fled the war.
Pope Leo XIV has been discharged from Gemelli Hospital and has returned to the papal apartments in Vatican City State, where he will lead the Angelus on Sunday.
Thirty years after the death of Joseph Louis Cardinal Bernardin, archbishop of Chicago from 1982 to 1996, the Italian archdiocese of Trento has organized various events in memory of the prelate, whose origins lie in the region.
On his fifth day in hospital, Pope Leo XIV's doctors say he can be discharged from Gemelli Hospital, with the Holy See Press Office confirming that he will return to the Vatican on Saturday afternoon and pray the Angelus on Sunday from the window of the papal apartment.