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For Ash Wednesday, Vatican asks priests to 'sprinkle' ashes on heads

For Ash Wednesday, Vatican asks priests to 'sprinkle' ashes on heads

  • Updated Jan 14, 2021

VATICAN CITY | The Vatican Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments asked priests to take special anti-COVID-19 precautions this yea… Read more

Contemplating the closeness of the Incarnation in a year of separation

Contemplating the closeness of the Incarnation in a year of separation

  • Updated Jan 4, 2021

Separation. It is a reality of life that most of us have encountered in some form in 2020. Whether we have been separated from our families, f… Read more

Go forth and read: Catholic fiction and where to find it

Go forth and read: Catholic fiction and where to find it

  • Updated Dec 29, 2020

When one says "Catholic fiction," what comes to mind?Is it a story featuring a Catholic character, say a priest or religious, like G.K. Cheste… Read more

Orlando Priest: Top Eight Things We’ve Learned from the Pandemic

Orlando Priest: Top Eight Things We’ve Learned from the Pandemic

  • Updated Dec 23, 2020

Father David Scotchie, pastor of Nativity Parish, Longwood and a Florida Catholic Sunday Word writer, sent this list out to his parishioners. … Read more

Brother Fisher is a bright light in a dark world

Brother Fisher is a bright light in a dark world

  • Updated Dec 23, 2020

WEST PALM BEACH | Brother Leo Fisher goes behind secured and locked doors to minister and brings God’s love and mercy to incarcerated youth. Read more

St. Andrew: The ‘first-called’ apostle

St. Andrew: The ‘first-called’ apostle

  • Updated Nov 26, 2020

CORAL SPRINGS | You’d think someone with a little brother like St. Peter would have been more prominent. But although Peter went on to become … Read more

Passionist priest grows in faith as he follows God’s calls

Passionist priest grows in faith as he follows God’s calls

  • Updated Nov 26, 2020

NORTH PALM BEACH | Passionist Father Junesh Xavier finished one phase of his life, leaving childhood behind, and as he was about to start a ne… Read more

From ‘all for myself’ to missionary for others

From ‘all for myself’ to missionary for others

  • Updated Nov 26, 2020

HIALEAH | Deacon Paul Pierce, a transitional deacon hoping to be ordained a priest as soon as next year, has been on a long, improbable but fa… Read more

Catholic author of popular mystery novels has personal story of faith, grace

Catholic author of popular mystery novels has personal story of faith, grace

  • Updated Dec 29, 2020

SAVOY, Ill. | “The source of justice is not vengeance but charity.” Read more

Speaker: Day’s life sets example for today’s similarly troubled times

  • Updated Dec 29, 2020

WASHINGTON | Dorothy Day’s witness nearly 100 years ago sets an example for today’s society, according to a Duquesne University professor who … Read more

World, theology need intelligence, gifts of women, pope tells scholars

  • Updated Dec 29, 2020

VATICAN CITY | The Catholic Church needs to rediscover its maternal heart and the world needs Mary’s motherly guidance so it can become a plac… Read more

Stories of ‘radical’ women religious also highlight need for lay models

  • Updated Dec 29, 2020

When we think of saints, “radical” may not be one of the first qualities that comes to mind, but they were, and are, true radicals because the… Read more

Miami’s Theatine Sisters: ‘No other rule than love’

Miami’s Theatine Sisters: ‘No other rule than love’

  • Updated Nov 26, 2020

Miami’s Theatine Sisters have dedicated four decades to the formation of preschoolers in Catholic faith and values Read more

Conversion is a daily battle fueled by grace, pope says

Conversion is a daily battle fueled by grace, pope says

  • Updated Nov 26, 2020

VATICAN CITY | Conversion is an ongoing process that relies on God’s endless patience and grace, Pope Francis said. Read more

Bishop Stephen Parkes asks for prayers as he begins ministry in Savannah

Bishop Stephen Parkes asks for prayers as he begins ministry in Savannah

  • Updated Nov 13, 2020

SAVANNAH, Ga. | As he became the new bishop of Savannah, Bishop Stephen D. Parkes said prayers from the faithful of the diocese will help. Read more

People call me ‘Father,’ but I don’t have kids

People call me ‘Father,’ but I don’t have kids

  • Updated Nov 26, 2020

People call me Father, but I don’t have kids. And when folks call me Father, they sure as heck don’t mean that I’m God. When Jesus says, “Call… Read more

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