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November 20, 2024Faith

Every year, as Advent and Christmas approach, I seem to have the exact same conversation with one of my students. When I ask how the semester is wrapping up, invariably one of my students will tell me ...

Culture & Events

Scripture Reflection for Nov. 24, 2024, Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the UniverseDeacon Greg Kandra

Dn 7:13-14 Ps 93:1, 1-2, 5 Rv 1:5-8 Jn 18:33b-37 One thing is clear from this Sunday's gospel: Pontius Pilate is a man looking for answers. All of what he has to say in this passage from John is ...

Faith & Family

What's the scriptural basis for praying for the dead and venerating relics?Jenna Marie Cooper

Q: What scriptural basis is there for praying for the dead, for their repose, or for praying to the dead, for their intercessions? And in a related way, what scriptural basis is there for the Catholic ...

Culture & Events

Seeds of graceMolly M. Wade

Each November, we have the opportunity to show our gratitude to the many retired religious sisters who chose long ago to invest in our futures rather than their own. These faithful women have served so ...

Faith & Family

Holy daysFather Robert M. O'Grady

The article about the Immaculate Conception generated several comments and questions beyond that specific holy day to holy days in general. Sunday is the primary holy day for all Roman Catholics. The ...

Culture & Events

The dedication of St. Francis Chapel in the Prudential CenterThomas Lester

On Nov. 11, 1969, Veterans Day, Cardinal Richard Cushing dedicated St. Francis Chapel located within the Prudential Center in Boston. Its origins might be traced to the 1947 arrival of the Franciscan ...

Faith & Family

Hope in tribulationScott Hahn

In this, the second-to-last week of the Church year, Jesus has finally made it to Jerusalem. Near to His passion and death, He gives us a teaching of hope -- telling us how it will be when He returns ...

Culture & Events

Honeybees are taking over for canariesDeacon Timothy Donohue

Are we all too busy to consider making changes in our daily priorities to think about Pope Francis' call to care for creation: Laudato Si'? The climate is changing, and it is no longer a future ...

Faith & Family

Modeling a 'post-truth' faithDeacon Nathan Gunn

''What do you want?" "Rabbi -- where are you staying?" "Come and you will see." So they went and saw where he was staying, and they spent that day with him. It was about four in the afternoon. ...