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Pope’s Pentecost Regina Coeli: How can I better listen to Holy Spirit?

During his Regina Coeli address on the Solemnity of Pentecost, Pope Francis urges faithful to ask themselves how well they listen to the Holy Spirit, and offers suggestions on how to better do so, including meditating on the Gospel daily and staying close to the Lord in prayer. Read all  

Francis Gets Political, Smears Faithful Catholics (And Vigano’s Unexpected Response)

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Hospice and palliative care: A look at ‘absolutely vital’ end-of-life support

null / Credit: Photographee.eu/Shutterstock CNA Staff, May 19, 2024 / 05:00 am (CNA). As assisted suicide and euthanasia continue to grow more common throughout much of the developed world, services like palliative and hospice care serve as a vital counterweight to those trends, offering what one provider calls care for “the whole person” that’s respectful […]

Pentecost: A Fire That Burns, But Does Not Consume

AM113 A dove, the symbol of the Holy Spirit illuminates from inside St. Peter’s Basilica. COMMENTARY: The fulfilled Pentecost follows the fulfilled Passover, and occurs during the very celebration of the Old Testament Pentecost.

Everything you need to know about Pentecost

Pentecost painting. / Credit: Public domain Rome, Italy, May 19, 2024 / 04:00 am (CNA). This weekend, the Church celebrates Pentecost, one of the most important feast days of the year, which concludes the Easter season and celebrates the birth of the Church.  Here’s what you need to know about the feast day. Pentecost always […]

Day 140: David’s Prayer of Thanksgiving (2024)

Fr. Mike reflects on the significance behind David’s prayer of thanksgiving at the end of his life. There’s something so moving about David’s gratitude with God as he acknowledges his brokenness and victories throughout his life. Today’s readings are 2 Samuel 22, 1 Chronicles 28, and Psalm 42. For the complete reading plan, visit ascensionpress.com/bibleinayear. […]

Satan Is A Powerful Enemy | Padre Pio

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War of words between Israel and the Vatican over Gaza heats up

ROME – Just as Israel continues to deploy its military “hard power” on the Gaza strip, defying international pressure to back down, so too it shows no signs of halting its “soft power” campaign either. On the contrary, Israel is pursuing a relentless war of words against any party it believes guilty of false moral […]

Like Jacob in the desert, God invites us to a wrestling match

As human beings, we don’t pray in one world and live in another. We are called to have an integrity, a unity, between the way we pray and the way we live. If we live by our own whims and neglect moral goodness, then our prayer will be depleted of the grace it needs to […]