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“Take My yoke upon you…” — What is the yoke Jesus is asking us to shoulder?
A yoke was a wooden beam placed over the shoulders of two oxen so they could work together. It symbolized…
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Pentecost
Come, Holy Spirit: The World Cannot Heal Without You
Yesterday, the Church celebrated the great feast of Pentecost — the moment when the Holy Spirit descended upon the Apostles…
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How Divine Mercy Sunday will be celebrated at the shrine in Krakow, Poland
The Divine Mercy Shrine in Kraków, Poland — one of the foremost pilgrimage centers in the Catholic world — is…
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Catholic Church in Holy Land rejects death penalty, calls for mercy and human dignity
Amid growing controversy over the Israeli Knesset’s recent approval of a law permitting the death penalty for Palestinian prisoners, the…
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Catholic News - Pope
A homecoming of mercy: The charity that returns Ireland’s dead
Colin and Eithne Bell with Micheál Martin, Irish Taoiseach. The Bells founded the Kevin Bell Repatriation Trust (KBRT) in 2013…
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General
St. Francis of Assisi: A Life Transformed by Christ
Early Life: From Privilege to Restlessness Francis – whose feast day we celebrate today – was born in Assisi, Italy,…
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Catholic News - Pope
Faith, family and God’s mercy: Highlights from Erika Kirk’s TV address
Vice President JD Vance (R) second lady Usha Vance (C) and Erika Kirk deplane Air Force Two while escorting the…
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General
The Battle For Souls – Living as If There Is No Sin
The Cultural Reality We Face We live in a time when the very word sin has almost disappeared from the…
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Catholic News - Pope
Frank Caprio, famed judge known for showing mercy, dies at 88
Judge Frank Caprio served for decades as chief municipal judge in Providence, Rhode Island. / Credit: StephanieRPereira, CC BY-SA 4.0,…
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General
A Life Poured Out: St. Maximilian Kolbe and the Call to Radical Forgiveness
Today, the Church honors St. Maximilian Kolbe — a man whose life was a living echo of Christ’s words on…
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