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Novena of the Week: The Daily Prayer of Mother Teresa 27 Aug 2013 | 06:09 pm
September 5 marks the 16th anniversary of the death of one of the most beloved Catholic figures of the 20th century: Mother Teresa, known since her beatification as Blessed Teresa of Calcutta. Her ded...
The Media and Pope Benedict the Mystic 23 Aug 2013 | 03:20 pm
On Wednesday, August 21, both the Catholic and the secular press went wild with reports that Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI had said that God had told him to resign. The knowledge of God's Will had come n...
Confession and the Age of First Communion 20 Aug 2013 | 04:18 pm
Over the past two weeks, prompted by the anniversary of Pope Pius X's encyclical Quam Singulari Christus Amore, I've raised the question of whether the age for First Communion should be lowered in the...
Novena of the Week: In Honor of St. John the Baptist 20 Aug 2013 | 12:00 pm
On August 29, we will commemorate the Beheading of John the Baptist. The forerunner of Christ, Saint John was sanctified in his mother's womb at the time of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary t...
Intellect and the Sacraments 16 Aug 2013 | 05:38 pm
Is the efficacy of the sacraments—their "ability to produce a desired or intended result"—dependent on whether we fully understand what occurs in them? This may seem a rarified question, but the answ...
Novena of the Week: Litany of Saint Louis of France 16 Aug 2013 | 01:00 pm
August 25 is the feast of Saint Louis: King Louis IX of France, often known as the boy-king, because he ascended the throne at the young age of 12. An excellent ruler, a devoted husband and father, an...
The Assumption of Mary: The Greatest Marian Feast 15 Aug 2013 | 12:00 pm
On August 15, we celebrate the Feast of the Assumption of Mary (also known as the Dormition among Eastern Catholics and Eastern Orthodox), a Holy Day of Obligation for all Catholics. On November 1, 19...
Did Mary Die? 14 Aug 2013 | 12:00 pm
Every August, as our celebration of the Assumption of Mary approaches, readers ask the same question: Did Mary die before she was assumed into Heaven? In my discussions of the Assumption here on the ...
The Mystery Play of Elche 13 Aug 2013 | 12:00 pm
In the Middle Ages, a form of liturgical drama called the Mystery Play became quite popular among Christians. Originally just a dramatic enactment of certain stories from the Gospels for important fea...
POLL: Should the Age of First Communion Be Lowered? 8 Aug 2013 | 12:00 pm
On August 8, 1910, Pope Pius X issued Quam Singulari Christus Amore ("How Special Christ's Love") to address the question of when children should first be admitted to Holy Communion. Noting that the ...
