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National Catholic Register
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Daniel Ibanez His Eminence Giovanni Angelo Becciu, Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, June 27, 2019. The most dramatic accusations leveled against Cardinal Becciu have yet to be...
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Joaquín María Herrer y Rodríguez, “Checkmate,” 1887 “This King does not allow himself to be taken,” said St. Teresa, “except by one who surrenders wholly to him.”
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Andreas Dueren Archbishop Stanislaw Gadecki, the president of the Polish Bishops Conference, in Vatican City during the Synod of Bishops on October 12, 2015. The archbishop praised people who not...
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Palma Vecchio, “Madonna and Child with Saint John the Baptist and Magdalene,” c. 1521 “When the Church celebrates the liturgy of Advent each year, she makes present this ancient expectancy of the...
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Valery Egorov Interior view of Our Lady of Chartres Cathedral. Catholics in Paris have begun a novena, which will end on the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, to pray for an end to the coronavirus...
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News From the Beacon
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December 3
At this time each year, Hazel Ilustrisimo Luayon makes several batches of her light and airy macaroons and sweet and rich hazelnut brownie cupcakes with an extra ingredient: a large helping of prayer. Usually, Hazel Ilustrisimo Luayon brings these divine delicacies to a bake sale that she coordinates on the first weekend of December to benefit the Discalced Carmelites of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel in Morristown, also known as the Carmelite Sisters.Read More -
December 3
For nine days, from Dec. 15 to 23, faithful around the Diocese will join together for the Filipino tradition of a nine-day novena called “Simbang Gabi” during Advent in preparation for the Nativity of Jesus Christ. Masses will be celebrated in 16 parishes and one monastery as part of the inter-parish “Simbang Gabi,” also known as “Misa de Gallo” or “Dawn Mass,” coordinated by the Diocesan Commission for Catholic Filipino Ministries (DCCFM).Read More -
December 3
Bishop Kevin Sweeney made a pastoral visit to St. Simon Parish in Green Pond Nov. 26 where he celebrated the morning Mass for Thanksgiving Day. Concelebrating the Mass was Father Richard Bay, pastor.Read More
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News from the Vatican
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On the 40th anniversary of the murder of four American missionaries in El Salvador, Vatican officials, including Pope Francis, have praised the women as martyrs and models of evangelization and of...
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While sin may distort and disfigure the image of Christ that every person bears, it does not completely erase it, nor does it remove people from God's abundant mercy, Pope Francis said.
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The approval decades ago of a Zairean rite of the Roman Missal demonstrated that it is possible also to develop a rite for the Amazon region, Pope Francis said in a preface to a new book.
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Guaranteeing justice for all men and women is not possible while a few people control most of the world's wealth and everyone else's right to a dignified life is disregarded, Pope Francis said.
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Conflict and violence in the world will never end if people do not fully understand their responsibility to each other as members of one human family, Pope Francis said in a written message.
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Catholic News Service
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WASHINGTON (CNS) — The Supreme Court Dec. 3 said federal judges should take another look...
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WASHINGTON (CNS) — In a school year turned upside down by the pandemic, groups of...
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NEW YORK (CNS) — The comedy “Half Brothers” (Focus) feels half-baked. Though director Luke Greenfield’s...
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The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph 1) Sir 3:2-6, 12-14 or Gn 15:1-6;...
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Fourth Sunday of Advent 1) 2 Sm 7:1-5, 8b-12, 14a, 16 Psalm 89:2-3, 4-5, 27,...
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