Archive for November 28, 2020

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The woman who lived for 60 years on the Eucharist alone

Servant of God Floripes de Jesús, better known as Lola, was a Brazilian laywoman who lived on the Eucharist alone... Read more

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By Mary Farrow

Advent at Home: How Catholics are preparing for a season of joy - even in 2020 

Wry jokes and memes about the decided awfulness of the year 2020 - with the pandemic, ensuing lockdowns and economic... Read more

Pope Francis greets Cardinal Enrico Feroci Nov. 28, 2020. ?w=200&h=150

Pope Francis to new cardinals: May the cross and resurrection always be your goal

Pope Francis created 13 new cardinals Saturday, urging them to remain vigilant lest they lose sight of their goal of... Read more

Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone during a June 27 prayer service in Golden Gate Park. ?w=200&h=150

Archbishop Cordileone: New COVID church closures violate right to worship

As surging COVID-19 cases lead to new restrictions in the San Francisco area, Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone said the treatment of... Read more

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Pope Francis greets the crowd gathered at St. Peter's Square on May 5, 2024.

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Archbishop Filomeno do Nascimento Vieira Dias of Angola’s Archdiocese of Luanda.

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A patient at the new Misky María Palliative Care Hospital located on the outskirts of Lima, Perú.

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Professor Mouna Maroun is the first Arab to be elected as the rector of an Israeli university, the University of Haifa. Maroun belongs to the Arab minority in Israel, the Christian minority among Arabs, and the Maronite minority among Christians. She says she is proud of her religious affiliation and wears a golden crucifix around her neck. "My election is an important message that everything is possible in the Israeli academia," she told CNA.

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Mother Marla Marie stands on the front porch of the sisters’ Mother of the Light convent in Dartmouth, Massachusetts.

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Father Roger Landry, Catholic chaplain at Columbia University, discusses the protests at Columbia University in New York City on EWTN’s “The World Over with Raymond Arroyo” on May 2, 2024.

Columbia’s Catholic chaplain: Campus protests were pushed by ‘explicitly communist’ outsiders

President Joe Biden presents the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Jesuit Father Greg Boyle on May 3, 2024.

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