Like my discernment to enter religious life, it was a gut reaction I acted on and did not look back.
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White smoke, a new pope and the sound of the Holy Spirit
Suddenly I heard the most beautiful noise I have ever heard in my life: the sound of tens of thousands of people cheering as they saw the white smoke pouring from the chimney atop the Sistine Chapel.
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Pope Leo is a Villanova Wildcat. Here’s what that means to a recent grad.
If you think our enthusiasm for our basketball team was intense, just wait until you see our support for Pope Leo XIV.
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The Easter Season is almost over. Are you still celebrating?
Catholics should remember to build upon the growth we’ve experienced in Lent, both humanly and spiritually, throughout the Easter season
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Cardinal David: How the Sistine Chapel spoke to me in the conclave
A cardinal reflects on his experience of the conclave
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Pope Leo’s Chicago roots: a conversation with Cardinal Cupich
“I would suspect that people are very proud that Chicago produced a pope, and it testifies to the fact that there’s a lot of good here in the city that recommends itself to the church.”
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You can’t be friends with God without serving others
A surprising lesson about serving God and others from the popular Instagram page Humans of New York
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We won’t know who the new pope is until he’s announced on St. Peter’s balcony. That’s a good thing.
When else do we get an opportunity like this, to take someone at this level of leadership at face value?
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I learned to love the last three popes. I look forward to embracing the next one, too.
No one gathers Christians—Catholics and non-Catholics alike—throughout the world, however imperfectly, in the way the pope does. The world needs the pope.
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Cardinal John Dew: On feeling nervous before the conclave—and praying through it.
As the conclave draws near, I am becoming more nervous and apprehensive about what is ahead of us. But all I am asked to do is to trust in God.