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The Catholic Church holds that the ordination of women is not possible. This teaching is based on the Church's belief that the priesthoo...

Saint Marguerite Bourgeoys was a French-Canadian religious leader and educator who lived in the 17th century. She is venerated as a saint by...

Saint Anthony, also known as Anthony of Egypt, Anthony the Great, or Anthony the Abbot, is a Christian saint and a prominent leader among th...

Today's Gospel is from Mark 2:23-28 and is as follows: 23 One sabbath he was going through the grainfields; and as they made their way h...

These are not necessarily the youngest Catholic saints but they are saints who were very young when they died. Please let me know in the com...

What is Binding Prayer from a Catholic Perspective? From a Catholic perspective, binding prayer is a form of prayer that is used to bind or ...

Most people are aware that the Catholic Church opposes abortion. If you were not aware of this, now you are! Let's get into some of what...

I was doing some research on Friday the 13th to discover its significance and why it's considered an unlucky number. Here's what I f...

From my research, I could only find one instance of one of the 36 Doctors of the Church who had a child. The Doctor is St. Augustine of Hipp...

You can find the full text of the homily here: https://aleteia.org/2023/01/05/francis-homily-for-benedicts-funeral-full-text/

It is with great sadness that I announce the death of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI. I'm glad he had a long life where he was able to contr...

It is with great sadness that I announce the death of Pope Benedict XVI. He is the oldest person who was ever pope. This is not to be confus...

Summary: Pope Benedict is oldest person to have ever been pope at 95 years of age. He is the fourth oldest pope when papacy ended. Full arti...

We sometimes hear of both an octave of Christmas as well as the 12 days of Christmas. Here's a good explanation I found which distinguis...

Over the past several months, the Archdiocese of St. John's has been under bankruptcy protection as a result of lawsuits from the sex ab...

I had the displeasure of watching ordinary TV today and it's really becoming very over-the-top, especially when it comes to commercials....

I just returned from our cathedral where the archbishop, along with the Pope in Rome at 5pm Rome time consecrated Russia and Ukraine to the ...

Please pay close attention to the question I am asking:  Can Catholics fast on a feast day or solemnity? I ask you to pay attention because ...