When is Giving Up Stuff Really a Lent Sacrifice?
For several years I gave up chocolate for Lent. The idea of going without chocolate for 40 days seemed like […]
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Easter Lent
Pope Francis Saints
Pope Furthers Sainthood Causes of 8 People
Pope Francis advanced the sainthood cause of two medical doctors and six religious—many of whom died just a generation ago.
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Church
Mother Church Does Not Choose Favourites
By Joel Davidson, editor, Catholic Anchor, Anchorage, Alaska. – When our nation’s political and cultural divisions strain goodwill and basic charity
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Easter Lent
Lent: Ok, What’s Almsgiving?
Although the word almsgiving does not come up much in regular conversation, Catholics hear it plenty during Lent since it
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Easter Lent
Fasting: Lent’s Heavy Artillery
There is no getting around fasting during Lent. Not only is it one of the three pillars of spiritual practice
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Christian Living Church lay ministry Men and the Church
Catholic Men Urged to Battle Evil, Fight for Truth
Most of the hundreds of men who attended the Catholic Men for Jesus Christ rally in St Joseph Parish in
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Easter Lent
Lent is Time to Relive Exodus from Slavery to Freedom
Like the people of Israel freed from the bondage of slavery, Christians are called to experience the path toward hope
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Christian Mission Priests
Priest has Ministry to Street Artists
In Brooklyn, New York a priest ministers to street artists who he says visionaries and influential prophets When Pope Francis urged
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Easter Lent
In Lent, Remember the Gift of Tears
Do not be afraid to cry, for our tears can be translated as a message from the heart, advises FR
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