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It is true that on December 7, 1914, Pope Benedict XV suggested a temporary hiatus of the war for the celebration of Christmas. The warring countries refused to create any official cease-fire, but on Christmas the soldiers in the trenches declared their own unofficial truce. During World War I, on and around Christmas Day 1914, […]
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Some things are bigger than anything we can possibly imagine. In the middle of World War I, opposing forces gathered together – in a true story – to celebrate their common faith in a simple Christmas song. The following commercial commemorates that event with flawlessness. You must see it:
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Beautiful. Here’s the latest from The Vigil Project, “Prepare him room”
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If you love Word on Fire then you definitely want to share it with your family and all of your friends, too. Their store is huge and there’s so many awesome gifts to buy to make that perfect gift for the one you have in mind. And if you haven’t seen the new CATHOLICISM: The
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When I chose to convert to the Catholic Church in 2012, my very first RCIA class gathered to watch an episode of Catholicism by Father Robert Barron. It was a fabulous night and I was hooked on the content from Word on Fire from then on. I had a chance to watch the new series
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This is absolutely brilliant.
This Lord of the Rings Christmas mashup will make you ROFL Read More »
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Okay, honest moment: I’m not a Catholic School teacher. Actually, I didn’t even attend Catholic school. I am, though, teaching and making my way in teaching with Catholic college. To me, we’re one and the same. So I was absolutely pleased with this new book from Ave Maria Press, Called to Teach: Daily Inspiration for
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“All this science I don’t understand” – Rocket Man, Elton John I’ve had the pleasure of following Stacy Trasancos for years and there’s two things that always come to mind when I consider what she brings to Catholics: First, wow, she’s ridiculously smart and I’ll never catch up; and Second, praise God she has an
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BEDFORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE — The highly popular web site, EpicPew.com, has joined forces with Sophia Institute Press to produce daily content that brings out the fun, inspirational, and humorous side of our Catholic Faith. “We couldn’t be more excited to welcome EpicPew.com and its editor, Shaun McAfee, into the Sophia Institute family,” said Charlie McKinney, Publisher of
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“If I were a parent right now I think I would want to educate my children as much as I could about the truth of things once they were old enough to understand it. Some of the evil is vague and is designed to seduce, or to be interesting, and then later might be revealed
10 Urgent Facts About Exorcisms this Catholic Peritus Wants You to Know Read More »
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The Jim Gaffigan Show is awesome. If you haven’t heard of it yet, the show is the brainchild of Jim and Jeanie Gaffigan and is based on their life. They live in a two bedroom apartment in New York City with their five children. In interviews, the Gaffigans have repeatedly shared that their Catholicism is an integral
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We covered the amazing development of Devin Rose’s Pray the Novena app, and how he made praying novenas ridiculously easy. Immediately upon it’s release people were asking when it would be available for Android users. Well, Devin agrees, all users should be able to pray the novenas with simplicity and ease. He wants to port
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EWTN has a wide reach of international and domestic viewers, and I’m a huge fan. I especially love shows like The Journey Home and the Mother Angelica classics. Raymond Arroyo is a brilliant reporter and interviewer – I can’t forget to mention him. The issue with EWTN, in my humble opinion, is that their programming is
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Until I picked up this book, I had no idea that the tilma of Our Lady of Guadalupe was laden with a code which is hidden from the average and untrained eye. But with the help of master historians and the understanding of the times and locale of Mexico City in the early 16th century,
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After perusing the latest Pew Study on why young people are leaving the active practice of Christianity, I confess that I just sighed in exasperation. I don’t doubt for a moment the sincerity of those who responded to the survey, but the reasons they offer for abandoning Christianity are just so uncompelling. That is to
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The Journey Home is an awesome show that has been on EWTN for very long time, and still continues to produce engaging and inspirational shows featuring guests who have converted to the Catholic Church. We love it, and we wanted to show our appreciation by bringing you some of of the most unforgettable episodes. You
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We can all learn bit more about purgatory. Far from being the much-maligned second-chance hell or hell-lite that critics make it out to be, purgatory actually well reflects the beauty of the Church’s teaching. Here are 10 things about purgatory that may surprise you: 1. The Fathers taught it Purgatory is usually associated with medieval
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