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Many readers have told me that the Dark Night series has been helpful. I want to add something on the Dark Night of the Spirit. The Dar...

I made my First Holy Communion.  Do you remember your day? This is not a photograph of my day, but the girls are wearing similar dresses. ...

I have seventy-four posts which mention or highlight St. Catherine of Siena. Just put in her name in the tag and the posts will come up for...

http://www.themediareport.com/2014/04/23/snap-pope-francis-bigotry/

One blog site which quoted the Churchill reference has been removed from the Internet. I read the Churchill reference a few days ago. Try a...

Recently, I had to turn down several set of courses I would have offered through groups in Europe who were not able to hire me because of...

Even after clearing with Medicare for the operations on my eyes, I am now being told I have to pay over one thousand dollars towards the bil...

Imagine you are a blogger in the year 1500. There is a pope on the throne of Peter who has had several children, up to ten, in fact. Howe...

The feast day of St. John XXIII is October 11th and he is patron of papal delegates. Nuncios are papal delegates, so pray for them invoking ...

I am half Luxembourgian. Have a great day!

http://southernorderspage.blogspot.com/2014/04/wow-church-militant.html

http://en.radiovaticana.va/index.asp Pope Francis called St. John XXIII, the  Father, the Pope of the Holy Spirit and St. John Paul II, th...

The Pope Emeritus looks great,(a saint honoring two saints), but I can understand why he is not able to physically handle all Pope Francis w...

If you are a Catholic today who is not rejoicing at the canonization of two popes, please ask yourself  "why". Perhaps you ha...

Of course, a pope may change these, as in the case of St. Hildegard of Bingen and others. Also, martyrs are sometimes canonized without m...

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