A still from the movie “Free.” / Credit: Bosco Films Rome Newsroom, Oct 31, 2023 / 10:27 am (CNA). A new documentary on Catholic religious life, filmed in some of Spain’s most beautiful and historic monasteries, will be shown in movie theaters across the U.S. for a one-night release on Nov. 2. “Free” is a…
Cardinal Mauro Piacenza. / Credit: PersiGianluigi (public domain) Rome Newsroom, Oct 31, 2023 / 11:00 am (CNA). Peacemaking begins in our own hearts by reconciling with ourselves and God through the sacrament of confession, a Vatican cardinal said this week. As we remember the innocent people who are dying in war during these days, we…
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Pope Francis delivers his Sunday Angelus message to about 20,000 faithful in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican on Oct. 22, 2023. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Oct 31, 2023 / 08:50 am (CNA). In the Catholic Church, the first days of November are an important time for remembering those who have come and…
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An old professor of mine used to say that the Lord’s mercy is justice and His justice is His mercy. This means that as punishment for our crimes, the Lord allows us to experience the consequences of our sins. Inversely, the Lord’s mercy is that He reprimands us before we get too ahead of ourselves…
There was a time, not so very long ago, when the raging controversy among Catholics was about how best to receive Holy Communion. Would greater reverence be shown when receiving Our Lord on the tongue, which had been the custom for centuries, or in the hand, which not a few innovators were proposing as somehow…
