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VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis, who died April 21 at the age of 88, gave new energy to millions of Catholics — and caused concern for some — as he transformed the image of…
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis, who died April 21 at the age of 88, gave new energy to millions of Catholics — and caused concern for some — as he transformed the image of…
Reading 1 Acts 10:34a, 37-43 Peter proceeded to speak and said: “You know what has happened all over Judea, beginning in Galilee after the baptism that John preached, how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with…
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The hope Christians have is not a sign of avoiding reality but of trusting in the power of God to defeat sin and death as the resurrection of Jesus clearly shows,…
Reading I Genesis 1:1—2:2 In the beginning, when God created the heavens and the earth,the earth was a formless wasteland, and darkness covered the abyss,while a mighty wind swept over the waters. Then God said,“Let there…
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — As the lights of St. Peter’s Basilica were extinguished and silence settled through the sprawling interior, a single flame — the paschal candle — pierced through the gloom, representing the light…
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Against the backdrop of deep differences with the Trump administration over migration and foreign aid as well as concerns for Ukraine and for Gaza, the Vatican secretary of state welcomed U.S.…