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Source Habemus Papam! We have a pope! It is with great joy that we receive the news that Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost has been elected as the Bishop of Rome and the Successor of Peter the Apostle, choosing the name Leo. Born in Chicago, Pope Leo XIV was ordained a priest for the Augustinian...

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Source The official portrait of Pope Leo XIV, soon to adorn hundreds of thousands of Catholic churches, chanceries, parish offices, rectories, schools, chaplaincies and hospitals, is doubly significant.  In addition to the new Holy Father in the foreground, the background is the Pauline Chapel ...

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Source ANALYSIS: Catholic aesthetics have captivated both believers and nonbelievers worldwide, sparking a renewed admiration for the good, the true, and the beautiful. Solène Tadié Vatican May 14, 2025 There are images that do not fade. The chant of the traditional antiphon In Paradisum fl...

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Source In a past blog, The Humility of Jesus, I identified great men as being separated from mediocre men by two virtues: Purity and Humility. What is purity? Purity is a word, like the word love, that is vast in its usage but carries immense power. In the Catholic world, purity is too frequen...

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Source Quote: Work was the daily expression of love in the life of the Family of Nazareth. The Gospel specifies the kind of work Joseph did in order to support his family: he was a carpenter. This simple word sums up Joseph’s entire life. For Jesus, these were hidden years, the years to ...

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Source O God, eternal shepherd, who govern your flock with unfailing care, grant in your boundless fatherly love a pastor for your Church who will please you by his holiness and to us show watchful care. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of...

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Source St. Joseph, by the work of your hands and the sweat of your brow, you supported Jesus and Mary, and had the Son of God as your fellow worker. Teach me to work as you did, with patience and perseverance, for God and for those whom God has given me to support. Teach me to see in my fellow...

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Source May 13 is the anniversary of the apparition of Our Lady to three shepherd children in the small village of Fatima in Portugal in 1917. She appeared six times to Lucia, 9, and her cousins Francisco, 8, and his sister Jacinta, 6, between May 13, 1917 and October 13, 1917. The story of Fat...

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14 Amazing Promises Jesus Made to Those who Pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet: How often do you pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet? It’s very powerful! The Divine Mercy Chaplet was presented to Saint Faustina in 1935 during a private revelation. Jesus asks that we meditate upon His Passion at 3 o’clock in th...

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Source “The Rosary is the weapon for these times.”—St. Padre Pio. I’m a 29-year old Catholic with a wife, an eleven month-old daughter, and a son on the way. If you are like me, you look at the world we live in and are genuinely concerned for the family you are responsi...

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