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What does the church teach about abortion? - Catholic Courier
Oct 3, 2024 · Section: Worship & Faith Editor’s Note: This is part of a OSV News series related to Respect Life Month in October. (OSV News) — Centuries ago, a young pregnant woman set out on a journey. She was probably nervous and scared, because her pregnancy was unexpected, scandalous and mysterious.
2024 Catholic Courier Advent Calendar
Visit the Catholic Courier's multimedia Advent calendar every day until Dec. 25 for multimedia treats including craft projects, reflections, recipes and games.
Bringing life’s tangles to Our Lady Undoer of Knots
Sep 25, 2024 · Section: Worship & Faith (OSV News) — Our lives have knots that can seem impossible to untie: marriage troubles, money problems, unemployment, illness, loneliness, fears and worries of all kinds.
10 resolutions to kick-start your year - Catholic Courier
Jan 2, 2025 · Section: Worship & Faith (OSV News) — For most of us, New Year’s Day means both celebrating what’s ahead and learning from the year that’s ending. For Catholics, it’s seeing the past year not just through the rearview mirror, but refracted through the lens of faith.
Pope invites world to walk through door of peace, salvation
Dec 25, 2024 · Section: World and Nation VATICAN CITY (CNS) — As millions of pilgrims prepare to cross through the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica, Pope Francis called on individuals, nations and the global community to take a transformative step toward peace and reconciliation by walking through the “door of salvation” that is Jesus Christ.
A Catholic understanding of death and dying
Oct 16, 2024 · Section: Worship & Faith Editor’s Note: This is part of a OSV News series related to Respect Life Month in October. (OSV News) — If you ask people today how they hope to die, many will say, “In my sleep, painlessly and suddenly, without noticing.”
Pope: Be on the lookout for hope; keep moving forward in faith
Vatican News Nov. 6 published the English-language translations of the pope’s prefaces for the collection on hope and for one on faith, titled “Faith Is a Journey.”. For the theme of the Holy Year, which he will open Dec. 24, Pope Francis chose “Pilgrims of Hope.”
Pope: Jesus is the path and destination for Jubilee pilgrims
Dec 18, 2024 · VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis called on Catholics to focus their Holy Year 2025 pilgrimages on Jesus Christ, who is both the path and destination for Christian hope. At his general audience Dec. 18, the pope began a new series of talks on “Jesus Christ our hope,” which he announced will ...
USCCB: MLK challenges all to ‘live out’ solidarity, human dignity
Jan 10, 2025 · Section: World and Nation (OSV News) — The words of slain civil rights leader Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. continue to challenge all “to live out the principle of solidarity and human dignity,” said the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic bishops.