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Fasting is a method that people can use to limit or deny their physical desires for a higher, often spiritual, goal.
Fasting was widely practiced among the ancient Jews, usually before important feast days. It was also practiced...
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If doing the same thing this Lent as in Lents past seems a bit hollow to you, two Catholics' experiences with doing something different might help bring a fresh perspective to your own Lenten practice.
A few years...
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Lent and Easter had come and gone, but the Christian call to sacrifice was very much on Pope Francis' mind when he addressed 12,000 pilgrims in St. Peter's Square last June 28 during his weekly general audience.
Christians,...
As followers of Christ, we have a call to make the world a holier place in the image of our
Savior, who made the ultimate sacrifice.
Fasting is a method that people can use to limit or deny their physical desires...
Today's Readings from the USCCB:
www.usccb.org/bible/readings/022418.cfm
“Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends?”
― Abraham Lincoln
“The Bible tells us to love our neighbors, and also to love our enemies; probably because generally they are the same people.”...
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UNITED NATIONS -- Migration is not a crime and vulnerable migrant and refugee children should not be detained as if they were criminals, speakers said at a U.N. program Feb. 21.
At issue is the treatment of children...
Padua Academy kicked off high school performances season last week with their rendition of The Addams family.
Photographer Don Blake stopped by to capture some of the more colorful moments and characters for Dialog readers. Click here to view a...
SANTIAGO, Chile -- Chilean clergy sex abuse victims gave testimony to a Vatican team sent to investigate charges that church officials covered up the abuse.
But many of the victims gave their testimony to a Spanish-speaking Vatican official after the...
Today's Readings from the USCCB:
http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/022318.cfm
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"Confession is something we will never outgrow, even if we become the saints God made us to be. Pope John Paul II and Mother Teresa of Calcutta were revered even during their lifetime; but both...
MARRIOTTSVILLE, Md. -- Maryland-based Bon Secours Health System and Mercy Health, with headquarters in Ohio, plan to merge by the end of the year, forming one of the country's largest health systems.
The merger of the two Catholic health care...