St. Thomas arrives at the very center of what happened at the Last Supper, of what would happen the next day on the cross and of what happens at every subsequent Eucharist. With his own hands, Christ gives himself to us.
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Meet the Catholic graffiti artist who created a giant St. Thomas Aquinas mural in Texas
The final design of the graffiti mural, along with the choice of artist to paint it, were great ways to highlight the bold moves the university was making.
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Saint John Vianney’s 150-year-old heart being venerated in N.Y.C.
The 150-year-old heart of a French priest is on a U.S. tour — a Roman Catholic relic with New York City as its latest stop.
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New Mexico archbishop again denounces ‘Santa Muerte’
A New Mexico archbishop is renewing his call for Catholics to stop worshipping the skeleton folk saint known as La Santa Muerte, or “Our Lady of Holy Death,” saying he fears some mistakenly believe the Grim Reaper-like figure is a Roman Catholic Church-sanctioned saint.
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What Lenten pilgrims can learn from the martyrs of Rome
The second of Rome’s station churches is dedicated to a soldier-saint, George of Lydda. Soldier-martyrs seem to have left a particular mark on the memory of Roman Christians.
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New York court rules Fulton Sheen’s remains should be transferred to Peoria
I want them to know that God plays an important part in their lives; and sometimes in my prayer with them, I say, “God loves every one of us, and each one out on that court is your brother; so no matter who it is, we are all creatures of God.
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Why paint the saints? An interview with Carlos Vega
I sat down with the artist, Carlos Vega, at the Jack Shainman Gallery, to talk about his new exhibition “Correspondences” and find out why he paints the saints.
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When we reject reality we’re also turning away from God
To live in the real, to reject illusion is to set our face toward growth and toward God.
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Want to become a saint? Pretend to be someone you admire for a day.
You might ask, “Shouldn’t we all pretend to be Jesus?” We should, but that does not seem to have gotten most of us all that far. Perhaps a humbler role is a better beginning.
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St. Francis de Sales’s solution for our toxic public discourse
In times like these, the “virtuous speech” counseled by St. Francis de Sales in his The Devout Life is downright countercultural