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Catholic News - Americas
What happens to the saints whose feast day falls on Feb. 29 when there is no leap year?
null / Credit: Brigitte Pica2/Shutterstock ACI Prensa Staff, Feb 29, 2024 / 15:00 pm (CNA). The Gregorian calendar, named after…
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Catholic News - Pope
Pope Francis on Our Lady of Lourdes feast: The Church is close to all who are sick or frail
Pope Francis delivers his Angelus address on Feb. 11, 2024. / Vatican Media Vatican City, Feb 11, 2024 / 10:00…
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Catholic News - General
PHOTOS: Animals blessed in St. Peter’s Square for feast of St. Anthony Abbot
Cardinal Mauro Gambetti greets animals and offers his blessing in St. Peter’s Square on Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2024. / Credit:…
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Hispanic world to ‘light up life’ in defense of children on feast of Holy Innocents
null / Credit: Mike Labrum / Unsplash ACI Prensa Staff, Dec 19, 2023 / 18:00 pm (CNA). On Dec. 28,…
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PHOTOS: Rosary for Spain prayed in more than 100 cities on feast of Immaculate Conception
A crowd prays the rosary in Madrid, Spain, on the solemnity of the Immaculate Conception, patron saint of Spain, Dec.…
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Pope Francis calls for a ‘spirit of service’ on feast of Mary’s assumption
Pope Francis speaks to the crowd assembled in St. Peter's Square on Aug. 15, 2023, for the recitation of the…
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The fascinating history of the feast of Mary's Assumption
Assumption of the Virgin Mary, fresco painting in San Petronio Basilica in Bologna, Italy. / Zvonimir Atletic / Shutterstock. Washington…
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21-year-old terminally ill Spanish Carmelite dies on eve of feast of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel
Friar Pablo María de la Cruz Alonso Hidalgo and his family. / Credit: Diocese of Salamanca / Oscar García ACI…
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PHOTOS: Birthplace of St. Bonaventure celebrates his feast day
Four men carry a statue of St. Bonaventure during a candlelight procession on July 14, 2023, in Bagnoregio, Italy, his…
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Pope John Paul II declared Divine Mercy Sunday a feast 23 years ago
Original painting of the Divine Mercy, by Eugeniusz Kazimirowski in 1934 | Pope John Paul II in 1996. / Wikimedia…
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