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As I reflect on the years of my life, I can see a painting developing in God’s perfect timing. What started out as a very simple drawing has become ever more complex with colors and dimensions added. Some areas of gray and gloomy darkness have become areas of brilliant color — a beautiful painting which only God the artist could create. He knew what I needed and was creating it all through this journey.
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Amid immigration raids in Louisiana, dozens gathered at a New Orleans church for a candlelight vigil, praying for both those detained and for law enforcement officials. The Dec. 9 service was held at Holy Name of Jesus Church in New Orleans, located on the campus of Loyola University.
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Amid immigration raids in Louisiana, dozens gathered at a New Orleans church for a candlelight vigil, praying for both those detained and for law enforcement officials. The Dec. 9 service was held at Holy Name of Jesus Church in New Orleans, located on the campus of Loyola University.
- OSV News
As Australia's social media ban for children under 16 goes into effect, a digital media expert at the Australian Catholic University emphasized the need for vigilance and education in helping young people navigate the digital space.
- The Catholic Spirit
“God is love,” St. John writes in his first letter.
Such a simple phrase, and yet plumbless in its depths. Father Romano Guardini, in his book “The Lord,” reflected that to understand the kind of love God is, given his self-revelation in Jesus Christ, we must also say that “God is humble.”
- The Catholic Spirit
As I reflect on the years of my life, I can see a painting developing in God’s perfect timing. What started out as a very simple drawing has become ever more complex with colors and dimensions added. Some areas of gray and gloomy darkness have become areas of brilliant color — a beautiful painting which only God the artist could create. He knew what I needed and was creating it all through this journey.
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A few days after his concert at the Vatican, Canadian crooner Michael Bublé took to Instagram Dec. 10 to reflect on his time there, which included a meeting with Pope Leo XIV.
- Catholic News Service
The evening before meeting a group of conservative European politicians, Pope Leo XIV expressed disappointment at what appears to be a weakening alliance between the United States and Europe.
- Josh McGovern
More than two years after Our Lady of Victory in Minneapolis ceased operations, the parish’s campus was sold for $2.8 million to a holding company representing a Christian evangelical church in north Minneapolis.
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A Catholic bishop in South Sudan appealed for peace, respect of human life and the protection of civilians in Sudan, as the town of Kalogi, South Kordofan region, reeled from the deaths of over 100 people killed in drone strikes.
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As Dec. 12 approaches, millions of pilgrims are converging on the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe, one of the most visited Marian shrines in the world. The feast honoring the Virgin of Guadalupe -- celebrated across the Americas and in the Philippines -- is again drawing crowds far beyond Mexico's borders.
- OSV News
During Advent, traditional reflections remind us that our call to evangelize involves waiting and anticipation. As we move toward Christmas, we relive the long-expected coming of the Messiah by the Jewish people. The Mass readings and Liturgy of the Hours recall this Jewish expectation that was vaguely promised in Genesis 3:15: "I will put enmity between you (the serpent) and the woman." This yearning intensified with the prophets, especially Isaiah. The preaching of John the Baptist and Jesus' baptism brought it to a climax.
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The Boston Archdiocese has told a Catholic church in suburban Dedham to remove a "politically divisive" sign about U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement (ICE) from its Nativity scene outside the church.
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- OSV News
During Advent, traditional reflections remind us that our call to evangelize involves waiting and anticipation. As we move toward Christmas, we relive the long-expected coming of the Messiah by the Jewish people. The Mass readings and Liturgy of the Hours recall this Jewish expectation that was vaguely promised in Genesis 3:15: "I will put enmity between you (the serpent) and the woman." This yearning intensified with the prophets, especially Isaiah. The preaching of John the Baptist and Jesus' baptism brought it to a climax.
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- The Catholic Spirit
“God is love,” St. John writes in his first letter.
Such a simple phrase, and yet plumbless in its depths. Father Romano Guardini, in his book “The Lord,” reflected that to understand the kind of love God is, given his self-revelation in Jesus Christ, we must also say that “God is humble.”
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