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Vatican Secretary of State Says War On Iran Is Not Just

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Case Against Priest for Alleged Role in Attempted Coup D’état in Brazil Dismissed

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St. Louis Catholics Buzzing Over Sheen Beatification

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The 1966 Romantic Comedy That Accidentally Became a Pro-Life Classic

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Making a Fruitful Lent Blossom All Year

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DDF outlines characteristics of the Anglican heritage in ordinariates (Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith)

The Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith published a document listing the characteristics of the Anglican patrimony preserved in the Church’s ordinariates for former Anglicans.

The characteristics, developed in conversation with the bishops who govern the three ordinariates, include

  • A Distinctive “Ecclesial Ethos”
  • Evangelization Through Beauty
  • Direct Outreach to the Poor
  • Pastoral Culture
  • The Family and the Domestic Church
  • Scripture and Preaching
  • Spiritual Direction and the Sacrament of Penance

Be generous to those attached to the traditional Latin Mass, Cardinal Parolin tells French bishops (CWN)

Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Secretary of State of His Holiness, encouraged the bishops of France to develop “concrete proposals” that will allow for the generous inclusion of persons attached to the traditional Latin Mass.

Russian attack damages historic Catholic monastery in Lviv (CWN)

Russia launched a drone attack on the Ukrainian city of Lviv, far from the frontline of the Russo-Ukrainian war, and damaged the historic Bernardine church and monastery.