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Notre Dame’s spire will need over 1,000 oak trees to rebuild

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February 25, 2021

Notre Dame’s spire will need over 1,000 oak trees to rebuild

The trees will be sourced from France's national parks and private donors. The long road to Notre Dame de Paris’ restoration is stretching into 2021. It hasn’t been quite…

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Let us imagine unity as 3 concentric circles: Full text of pope's homily

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January 27, 2021

Let us imagine unity as 3 concentric circles: Full text of pope’s homily

Pope's reflection for Week of Prayer for Christian Unity says we need prayer to begin our journey to unity, starting with ourselves. The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity…

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Polish statue of Christ found peeking out of a growing tree

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January 25, 2021

Polish statue of Christ found peeking out of a growing tree

This unintentional work of art stands as a symbol of Christ's unfailing presence in the world. This statue of Jesus was discovered in an abandoned cemetery in the Polish…

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43 priests in Italy die of COVID-19 in one month

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December 5, 2020

43 priests in Italy die of COVID-19 in one month

November's deaths bring toll to 167 for Italian clerics weathering pandemic. The COVID-19 death toll among Catholic priests in Italy since the beginning of the pandemic has reached 167…

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December 5, 2020

A regular teenager who lived heroic virtue in a simple life: Meet Montse Grases

She had no idea her holiness was lending a sense of peace to those around her, including family and friends. Maria Montserrat Grases Garcia (lovingly known as Montse) was…

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November 27, 2020

World’s oldest bishop dies at 104

Spanish Bishop Damián Iguacén Borau was ordained a priest in 1941. The world’s oldest bishop died Tuesday at the age of 104. Bishop Damián Iguacén Borau served as the…

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November 19, 2020

Walk the St. Francis Camino in Italy

Take a pilgrimage in the footsteps of St. Francis. The trail begins in Assisi, the city of St. Francis, and ends in Rome, the Eternal City of St. Peter …

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The vaccine has been shown to be over 90% effective in preventing COVID-19. The announcement today that Pfizer’s new coronavirus vaccine was found in clinical trials to be more than 90% effective is a promising step in the battle against the deadly virus. Unlike other vaccines in development, the Pfizer vaccine was not created using fetal cells and should not present any any ethical problems for pro-life advocates. “Ethically uncontroversial” As reported by Wesley Smith in Life News, the new vaccine, developed by Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE, was created without the use of fetal cells. The pro-life Charlotte Lozier Institute, in a comparison of vaccines in development, deemed the Pfizer vaccine “ethically uncontroversial.” In fact, Pfizer’s vaccine makes use of a technology that does not need to use any cells at all. How does Pfizer’s vaccine work? Typically, a vaccine is developed by placing a virus inside cells. The coronavirus vaccine being developed by the University of Oxford and Astrazeneca relies on the HEK-239 cell lines from a baby aborted in the Netherlands in the 1970s. Pfizer’s vaccine, if approved by the FDA, would be the first vaccine to use mRNA technology, which does not require any cells at all. The vaccine is instead developed in test tubes using chemicals (RNA) and an enzyme. According to the American Council on Science and Health, this creates mRNA molecules which can them be injected into the human body. The vaccine then prompts the individual’s own cells to produce the protein that stimulates an immune response

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November 10, 2020

Pfizer’s new Coronavirus vaccine was not created with fetal cells from aborted babies

The vaccine has been shown to be over 90% effective in preventing COVID-19. The announcement today that Pfizer’s new coronavirus vaccine was found in clinical trials to be more…

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Bishops perform cleansing ritual in Nice basilica where three people were killed

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November 5, 2020

Bishops perform cleansing ritual in Nice basilica where three people were killed

Penitential rite of reparation must be performed whenever there is a "gravely injurious act" in a church. In response to the killing of three people by a suspected Islamist…

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World is drifting toward violence, says papal advisor after attack in Nice

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November 1, 2020

World is drifting toward violence, says papal advisor after attack in Nice

We have to go beyond a “pious wish for fraternity,” to “expressing a real urgency for fraternity.” “One cannot separate these acts from the violent drift of our contemporary…

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Spanish city begins jubilee year with the Holy Grail

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October 28, 2020

Spanish city begins jubilee year with the Holy Grail

Valencia, Spain, celebrates the “Chalice of the Passion” with its special relic of the Last Supper. A year-long celebration has begun in a Spanish city that claims to have…

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Viewing of Blessed Carlo’s remains extended through weekend

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October 17, 2020

Viewing of Blessed Carlo’s remains extended through weekend

The Church’s first millennial Blessed has stirred the hearts of so many pilgrims, near and far. Such a large number of pilgrims are seeking the chance to pray before…

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Beatification of Carlo Acutis is “good news,” says cardinal at homily in Assisi

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October 10, 2020

Beatification of Carlo Acutis is “good news,” says cardinal at homily in Assisi

Born in 1991, Blessed Carlo is a millennial who has become a light for those who want to know Christ. Carlo Acutis, a 15-year-old Italian teenager who used his passion…

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Australian, French theologians awarded Ratzinger Prize

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October 10, 2020

Australian, French theologians awarded Ratzinger Prize

Pope Emeritus has ability to speak to younger generations, honoree says. Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI has at least five important qualities or gifts that ensures that he continues to…

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September 27, 2020

Full text: Pope’s address to the UN

“The current crisis has also demonstrated that solidarity must not be an empty word or promise.” September 25, on the fifth anniversary of his first visit to the United…

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Pope sends rosary for man who killed “martyr of charity” priest

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September 26, 2020

Pope sends rosary for man who killed “martyr of charity” priest

The mentally ill man turned himself in immediately following the crime. On September 19, 2020, Cardinal Konrad Krajewski, the Papal Almoner, concelebrated the Memorial Mass at the Cathedral of Como…

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