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2 days ago · His reputation as a sage attracted disciples, prompting the construction of a hospice nearby to accommodate the influx of seekers. Saints such as Augustine and Jerome acknowledged John’s sanctity, marveling at his prophetic abilities and profound insight into the human soul.
1 day ago · Two things struck me deeply. Despite the fact they were midweek days, at the evening Eucharistic adoration inside the large parish church, there wasn’t a single free square centimetre to kneel on, because so many people were participating. And then some testimonies from friends of the visionaries, their contemporaries, touched my heart.
5 days ago · In the interview below, Brother Rex, a hermit at Little Portion Hermitage in the Diocese of Portland, told Catholic News Agency what it is like to live the eremitic life in the 21st century. What does it mean to be a hermit?
3 days ago · In answer to this, we need to reflect on the basics of ministry and not merely imagine that what has been the paradigm of ministry in the Catholic Church since the early seventeenth-century...
In keeping with ancient tradition, Good Friday is the one day of the year the Church does not celebrate Mass. The Eucharist distributed at Communion on Good Friday has been previously consecrated and reserved last night — Holy Thursday evening — at the altar of repose.
1 day ago · The Syro-Malabar Church is one of the two Eastern Catholic Churches in India, the other being the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church which represents the faction of the Puthenkoor that returned to full communion with the Holy See of Rome in 1930.
2 days ago · First of all, it is important to say that angels are not central to Christianity; the central question is the mystery of God and that of Christ. Their existence is nevertheless a fact that the Scripture and the Tradition of the Church have always maintained, deepened and supported.
