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Holy Saturday marks the end of the Lenten season on April 19, it is a time to mourn the death of Jesus and to prepare for his ...

Before receiving the sacrament, they respond to a three-part question when asked to confess the Father ... one only God with him. [The English phrases 'of one being' and 'one in being' translate ...

Praying with saints makes sense. With sinners, not so much." Then I caught myself. What about Augustine (who, of course, was both) or, for that matter, so was Peter? Irish Dominican Friar Paul B.

Custom wedding vows are popular. But Christian marriage is about more than personal identity, ephemeral affection, and jokes ...

It’s at this point I have a confession ... I said a quick prayer to Tommy to deliver us from what looked like a bit of a doing. I was immediately rewarded for my devotions by two rapid goals by Adam ...

The Pope recounts how his mother initially opposed his vocation but later sought his blessing at his ordination ...

When Chiaki Kasai set out to make a documentary about Iwao Hakamada, a Japanese man who was acquitted in a retrial of a 1966 ...

He said the Holy Father’s advice for this young seminarian to calm his anguish was “prayer, tenderness ... His Life in His Own Words” in the 2014 English edition. “First I told my father ...

During Lent, Christians engage in fasting, prayer, and other spiritual disciplines ... The word "shrove" is derived from the Old English word "shrive," which means to confess one's sins and receive ...

For lovers of architecture, Notre Dame Cathedral is an important site. It’s one of the best-known Gothic cathedrals in the ...

Eventually retiring at 70, Stan moved to Launceston, his only livestock now being his cat. This has given him more time to ...