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October is Respect Life Month. It can be easy to categorize the idea of being ‘pro-life’ to simply being anti-abortion. However, life is precious and sacred from natural conception to natural death. Pope Francis has shown what it means to be pro-life in all of life’s stages. Here are fifteen pictures from throughout the papacy […]
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Fifty-three years ago, Reverend Ernest Simoni was arrested because he was guilty. His crime? Celebrating the Holy Mass in his native country of Albania, which was under the regime of Communism. Today, Simoni is one of the seventeen men who Pope Francis has appointed to the level of Cardinal within the Catholic Church. Simoni and
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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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Sainthood is for everyone – even Catholic cowboys. EWTN is proving that sainthood isn’t just for adults, but kids are called to holiness too. EWTN’s newest program featuring Tomkin, a Catholic cowboy, and his trusty horse Blaise, appeals to their littlest viewer. Check out the video that EWTN released this week, where Tomkin and Blaise
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The Sistine Chapel, built by and named after Pope Sixtus IV, is one of the many wonders of the world. Know for its beauty and amazing frescoes detailing salvation history, as well as for being the place where the Vicar of Christ is chosen in conclave, the Sistine Chapel is truly a treasure for
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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
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October is the Catholic Church’s annual celebration of “Respect Life Month.” Whether in the midst of an election cycle or at any other point during the year, it is worthwhile to remind ourselves that all faithful disciples are encouraged to embrace our universal call to holiness, no matter our circumstances. This is perhaps particularly evident
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On October 2, 2016, the iconic Vin Scully, at eighty-nine years young, broadcast his last game for the Los Angeles Dodgers, who were facing the New York Giants at AT&T Park in San Francisco. Nonetheless, the Dodgers lost 7-1. But victory was still had in the form of Vin Scully’s poise-laden professional career. Vin Scully’s
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I live in a small post-war bedroom community north of Seattle. We moved here about 25 years ago and have loved our cozy hobbit hole ever since. It’s a three-bedroom cinder block house with a back yard for growing rambunctious little boys into large lumbering men with hulking bodies carrying around witty, kind faces on big beardy heads.
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The saints are awesome. There really isn’t any way to sugarcoat it. They’re as close to us as our friends here on earth and are available to talk any time of the day. When it comes to my relationship with the saints, it can be hard to pick a favorite. They’re all amazing, and each offers
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We brought you some hilarious Catholic headlines and since you loved them so much, we found you more. Enjoy: Local Ordinary Doesn’t Get Memo To Wear Banal Vestments; Proud of Himself Cardinal’s Friends Jealous of Hat Cardinal Dolan Chews on Lip, As Papal Homily Drags On Cardinal Bertone demonstrates
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There are a lot of people who are insistent on never having children. Many people feel they would be doing children a disservice by bringing them into a world full of hate and unrest. Others feel children are too much of a burden. I decided to be a voice for these people, using my family
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ABBEVILLE, LA— Nestled in a comfortable chair in her office at the Family Missions Company headquarters in Abbeville, Louisiana, Missions Trip Coordinator and veteran missionary Melissa Seilhan is excited about what an upcoming Catholic missions conference will bring to those who attend. “When God wants to grow you,” she says animatedly, “He flips it all
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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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The Lord has never been one to shy away from making a bold statement nor has He denied using the great power of fire at many times. In the Bible, “fire” is written quite often – 502 times in the Old Testament and 75 times in the New Testament. This is not just the traditional
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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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Legendary Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers baseball broadcaster Vin Scully will broadcast his final game on October 2, 2016, when the Dodgers play their final regular season game against the Giants in San Francisco. Scully has broadcast for the Dodgers for 67 consecutive seasons, even making the cross-country switch with the team from Brooklyn, New York to
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There are wish lists, Christmas lists, grocery lists, and then there is the I Need This list. This I Need This list is devoted to those of us who struggle in the mornings. Because it’s harder to grump at the world when you are surrounded by inspiration to live your God-given vocation, even in the morning. Here’s
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