The pope also urged prayers for all those who endure persecution because of their faith today.
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Archbishop Sheen will be beatified Dec. 21 at Peoria’s cathedral
A news release from the Diocese of Peoria said it was informed Dec. 2 that Vatican had decided to postpone the Dec. 21 ceremony “at the request of a few members” of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.
Posted inFaith, Faith and Reason
What Dorothy Day can teach us about prudence and discernment
This interview first appeared in the Fall 2019 issue of In Our Time, the newsletter of the Dorothy Day Guild, edited by Carolyn Zablotny.
Posted inArts & Culture, Catholic Book Club
Unpacking ‘St. Peter’s B-List’: Poems on faith, laughter, guilt, anguish and hope
The new selection of the Catholic Book Club is a collection of poems about the saints.
Posted inFaith, Short Take
On Nov. 1, remember the witness of our North American saints
Wherever the church has flourished, it is because men and women gave their lives as witness to a love that is stronger than death. Father Alvan I. Amadi writes that the saints of North America are proof of the church’s vitality.
Posted inFaith, The Good Word
On All Saints day, we are reminded of our true home
What began here on earth is lost, mostly without a trace. But who looks for the seed that died when the mighty tree raises its leafed branches to the sky?
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
James K. A. Smith takes 21st-century readers on pilgrimage with St. Augustine
James K. A. Smith’s new book seems to have been written largely with disaffected evangelicals in mind, those who have “been there, done that and left the stupid Christian T-Shirt at home.”
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What Theodore Hesburgh missed about Catholic universities
Fr. Theodore Hesburgh’s somewhat idiosyncratic relation to St. John Henry Newman’s capacious mind on Catholic higher education.
Posted inFaith, Features
What the Day of the Dead can teach us about life
Darkness and light are but one, the psalmist tells us. Our lives are filled with both. Sugar and skulls. Flowers and dust. Love and loss. You cannot embrace one without allowing the other.
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Review: Modern saint-making reflects contemporary Catholic identity
As Cummings notes, our future saints, some of whom have already passed beyond the veil, will disclose to us as much about ourselves and our church as they will about their own heroic virtue.