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Lent Is Not a Detox: What the Gym Taught Me About Real Penance
Every January, gyms fill up. Every February, they empty. If you’ve ever had a gym membership—or at least driven past one—you already know this story. January is full of hope, optimism, and brand-new sneakers. By Valentine’s Day, most treadmills are lonely again, quietly humming to themselves like abandoned exercise bikes in a zombie movie. […]
Los obispos de los Estados Unidos publican un “Mensaje Especial” sobre la inmigración
El texto completo del mensaje especial de los obispos a continuación:
Como pastores, los obispos de los Estados Unidos, estamos unidos a nuestro pueblo en nuestro Señor Jesucristo, por lazos de comunión y compasión. […]
U.S. Bishops Issue a “Special Message” on Immigration from Plenary Assembly
The full text of the bishops’ Special Pastoral Message follows:
As pastors, we the bishops of the United States are bound to our people by ties of communion and compassion in Our Lord Jesus Christ. We are disturbed when we see among our people a climate of fear and anxiety around questions of profiling and immigration enforcement. […]
Feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica in Rome
Did you know that the Lateran Basilica is considered the “Mother Church of the world”? It’s the Pope’s own cathedral (not St. Peter’s) and the oldest basilica in Rome.
Peter reminds us that the poor are the heart of the Gospel
In his first Apostolic Exhortation, “Dilexi te” Pope Leo XIV sets out the foundations of Christian Revelation and of the tradition of the Church.
820 Years of Priestly Service Recognized: Including Father JC’s Silver Jubilee
Among the priests recognized is our pastor, Father Juan Carlos Paguaga, who celebrated 25 years (Silver Jubilee) of priestly ordination. The article also includes brief biographies of each jubilarian, from those ordained 65 and 60 years ago, to the priests celebrating 50 years, and those marking 25 years.
More than just a Doctor of the Church
There are thousands of Catholic saints, but only 37 have been declared doctors of the Church: men and women who contributed mightily to doctrine and theology and shaped the course of Church history.