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The Basilica de la Sagrada Familia in Barcelona, Spain, designed by architect Antoni Gaudí. Pope Francis on Monday, April 14, 2025, declared Gaudí “venerable,” bringing him one step closer to sainthood. / Credit: Public domain; r.nagy/Shutterstock Vatican City, Apr 14, 2025 / 10:30 am (CNA). Pope Francis on Monday declared Spanish architect Antoni Gaudí “venerable,”…
Earlier this month, largely by coincidence, two articles of mine came out in different places, exploring the connection between the cause for the Traditional Mass and the Jews. In an article for the Pastoral and Homiletic Review (and see here) I examine a document produced by the American Jewish Committee in 1961, intended to influence…
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The Diocese of Westminster, which includes much of the capital city London, said it had 252 catechumens and over 250 candidates, making a total of over 500 to be received into the Catholic Church at Easter — the most seen since 2018. / Credit: Diocese of Westminster London, England, Apr 14, 2025 / 06:00 am…
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How much of the Passion did Our Lady witness, and how did she understand it? It’s an important question not just because she is the mother of God but because, as our Catechism teaches, Mary is the “Church’s model of faith and charity,” and thus “she is a ‘preeminent and…wholly unique member of the Church’;…
In a heartrending trend we have seen play out all too often in recent years in Catholic schools and parishes across the country, 55 Catholic schools closed in the 2023-24 school year, 71 in 2021-22, and over 200 in 2020-21. This led the Cardinal Newman society to ask, “Can We Be Frank About the Catholic…
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Cardinal Lazzaro You Heung-sik, prefect of the Dicastery for the Clergy, celebrated Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica for Korean Catholics before the statue of St. Andrew Kim Tae-gŏn was blessed by Cardinal Mauro Gambetti, archpriest of St. Peter’s Basilica, on Sept. 16, 2023. / Daniel Ibanez/CNA CNA Newsroom, Apr 13, 2025 / 14:50 pm (CNA)….
