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Vatican recognizes martyrdom of Spanish missionaries in Georgia
Monday’s announcement paves the way for the beatification of the missionaries, who have been known collectively as the ...
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Orientalium Ecclesiarum: How Vatican II Drew From Eastern Catholic Tradition
COMMENTARY: Approved on the same day as ‘Lumen Gentium’ and ‘Unitatis Redintegratio,’ ‘Orientalium Ecclesiarum’ manifests the ...
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American theologian promoted by Pope Francis calls for focus on Scripture, evangelization
Professor Mary Healy of Sacred Heart Major Seminary in Michigan discusses her appointment to the Dicastery for Divine Worship ...
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Pope paves way for beatification of Georgia martyrs
The five Spanish Franciscans were killed in 1597 after telling a Guale chiefdom heir that he cannot take a second wife ...
National Catholic Register1d
80 Years Later: Remembering the Catholic Martyrs Killed in Auschwitz During World War II
Candles and wreaths left by Auschwitz survivors stand at the so-called ‘Death Wall’ at the Auschwitz I site on the 80th ...
America Magazine1d
Pope Francis clears way for beatification of Georgia martyrs
In a decree signed on Jan. 27, Pope Francis formally recognized the five Franciscan missionaries as having been killed for ...
Valentine's Day had gruesome start. See how it became the holiday we celebrate today
Pope Gelasius declared Feb. 14 as St. Valentine’s Day in 496 AD. It was not until much later, however, that the day became definitively associated with love. Valentine’s Day became associated with ...