In recent years, Carlo Acutis has shot to near rock star-like fame among many young Catholics, generating a global following the likes of which the Catholic Church hasn’t seen in ages.
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Pope Leo talks about what St. Augustine has given him in new video message
“So much of who I am I owe to the spirit and the teachings of St. Augustine,” Pope Leo XIV told his Augustinian confreres and their benefactors who were celebrating the saint’s feast day in Philadelphia.
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From French aristocrat to Catholic hermit: St. Charles de Foucauld shows humility is the way to God
A Homily for the Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time, by Father Terrance Klein
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Celebrating the feast of St. Ignatius in the shadow of war in Gaza
In these dark times, surrounded by death and destruction in Gaza, we hear the command in the first reading, “Choose life.” What are the ways we can do this in a world that seems to have gone mad?
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St. John Henry Newman will be named doctor of the church by Pope Leo
On July 31, Pope Leo XIV announced that St. John Henry Newman, English theologian, educator, and writer who converted to Catholicism after being an Anglican priest, will be named a Doctor of the Church.
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Christ the concept never saved anyone
A Homily for the Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, by Father Terrance Klein
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Relics of soon-to-be saints Carlo Acutis and Giorgio Frassati will be in Rome for Jubilee of Youth
The relics of Blesseds Pier Giorgio Frassati and Carlo Acutis, who are set to be canonized later this year, will be displayed in Rome for the Jubilee of Youth.
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Emily Dickinson, the theologian
A Homily for the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles, by Father Terrance Klein
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He was killed in the DRC for standing up to corruption. Now this young martyr is on the path to sainthood.
The example of Blessed Floribert Bwana Chui shows us how to live for Christ: by dedicating ourselves to prayer, the poor and peace.
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How do you make a saint? The first U.S. canonization center will teach you.
The six-day certification course aims to teach ‘how to honor deserving candidates and expedite their path to sainthood in the Vatican,’ according to the center’s website.