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Mary???s Seven Sorrows and the mystery of suffering
9+ hour, 41+ min ago (54+ words) David Hahn, The Catholic Herald on Monday, September 14, 2026 Not many Catholics are familiar with the devotion to the Seven Sorrows of Mary on September 15, but it captures a unique side of spiritual life. Hope after 9/11, stories of faith and courage…...
A Century of Catholic Education
2+ day, 9+ hour ago (468+ words) James P. MacGuire on Saturday, September 12, 2026 In 1896, Episcopal clergyman John Byron Diman founded St. George’s School in Newport, R.I. It became one of the so-called Saint Grottlesex schools, that name being a portmanteau of St. George’s, St. Mark’s, St. Paul’s, Groton,…...
Andorra to legalize abortion with or without Vatican approval
3+ day, 9+ hour ago (79+ words) Edgar Beltran, The Pillar on Friday, September 11, 2026 The Andorran Prime Minister has announced a plan to decriminalize abortion in the microstate by April next year “whether the Holy See likes it or not,” despite a Catholic bishop serving as co-head…...
Supreme Court declines Catholic mother???s bid for son???s vaccine exemption in N.Y.
4+ day, 9+ hour ago (77+ words) Julian Mark, The Washington Post on Thursday, September 10, 2026 The mother said that her Catholic beliefs prevented her from vaccinating herself or her son and that the state requirement would force her to choose between her son’s education and her faith....
Bishop consecrated to fill Chinese diocese vacant for 25 years
5+ day, 9+ hour ago (66+ words) Michael Haynes, The Catholic Herald on Wednesday, September 9, 2026 Bishop Yang now assumes leadership of the Archdiocese of Chongqing, although questions about his links with the Communist party are prominent. Raymond and Mel on The Resurrection of the Christ Bishop Barron’s…...
The Saint behind the???Dark Night???
5+ day, 9+ hour ago (78+ words) Gigi Duncan, National Catholic Register on Wednesday, September 9, 2026 For the Carmelites, 2026 is a jubilee year dedicated to St. John of the Cross, marking 300 years since his canonization and 100 years since he was proclaimed a doctor of the Church. Raymond and…...
On the Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
6+ day, 9+ hour ago (201+ words) St. Andrew of Crete on Tuesday, September 8, 2026 This radiant and manifest coming of God to men most certainly needed a joyful prelude to introduce the great gift of salvation to us. The present festival, the birth of the Mother of…...
Rochester Diocese to receive first-class Archbishop Sheen relic
6+ day, 9+ hour ago (74+ words) Mike Latona, OSV News on Tuesday, September 8, 2026 A first-class relic of the famed cleric, who led the Rochester Diocese as its sixth bishop (1966-69), is being given to the diocese by Archbishop Sheen’s native Diocese of Peoria. Raymond and Mel on…...
Walk in the footsteps of Fulton Sheen
1+ week, 5+ day ago (64+ words) Gigi Duncan, National Catholic Register on Wednesday, September 2, 2026 A weeklong pilgrimage by the Fulton Sheen Movement will lead participants to the places and traditions that shaped Fulton Sheen’s life. ‘The Resurrection of the Christ’: a 20-minute documentary on the forthcoming…...
Ballade to Our Lady of Czestochowa
1+ week, 6+ day ago (267+ words) Hilaire Belloc on Tuesday, September 1, 2026 Lady and Queen and Mystery manifold And very Regent of the untroubled sky, Whom in a dream St. Hilda did behold And heard a woodland music passing by: You shall receive me when the clouds…...