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May. 17 Solemnity of the Ascension or the Seventh Sunday of Easter, Solemnity

At the end of His earthly life Jesus ascends triumphantly into heaven. The Church acclaims Him in His holy humanity, invited to sit on the Father's right hand and to share His glory. But Christ's Ascension is the pledge of our own. Filled with an immense hope, the Church looks up towards her leader, who precedes her into the heavenly home and takes her with Him in His own person: "for the Son of God, after incorporating in Himself those whom the devil's jealousy had banished from the earthly paradise, ascends again to His Father and takes them with Him" (St. Leo).

‘Big Bang Theory’ and the Myth of the Modern Atheist

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What to Watch: Americana Programming, Including the Eucharistic Pilgrimage

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St. James Vicariate Offers Spiritual Home to Hebrew-Speaking Catholics

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Eric Church Shares ‘Six Strings of Life’ in Epic UNC Commencement Address

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Mary as Medium and Model

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Armenian Christian leader to visit Vatican (CWN)

The Holy See Press Office announced today that Aram I, head of the Catholicosate of the Great House of Cilicia, will visit the Vatican next Monday and Tuesday.

Cardinal Fernández: Vatican is preparing document on transmitting the faith (National Catholic Register)

Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, the prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, told the National Catholic Register yesterday that the dicastery is preparing a text on the transmission of the faith, in consultation with the Dicastery for Evangelization and the world’s episcopal conferences.

“Preparing a text on the transmission of the faith today clearly requires moving beyond a European or Italian framework and drawing on the breadth, variety and richness of the universal Church,” said Cardinal Fernández.

The document, he added, “cannot be a text that offers unique recipes or one-size-fits-all solutions, but it must acknowledge the full scope of the issue and propose some paths that might inspire everyone in some way.”

Supreme Court allows resumption of mail delivery of abortion pill for indefinite period of time (CWN)

The United States Supreme Court, in a 7-2 decision, permitted the mail delivery of the abortion pill mifepristone to resume for an indefinite period of time—effectively overturning an appellate court decision issued two weeks ago.