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The Plenary Indulgences of Holy Week, Easter Octave and Divine Mercy Sunday for Everyone

Holy Week and Divine Mercy Sunday, present everyone with particular plenary indulgences that everyone has the opportunity to receive. Here’s how to gain them for yourselves, your loved ones in purgatory, and possibly even for some forgotten soul there.

Bake St. Joseph’s Bread for the Solemnity

By Alexandra Greeley/National Catholic Register Catholic and love to cook? If so, check out the brand-new cookbook called Dining With the Saints, authored by chef and EWTN host Father Leo...

‘He Leadeth Me’: 9 Things to Know About Father Walter Ciszek, a 20th-Century Catholic Hero

Jesuit Father Walter Ciszek (1904-84) was an American priest who traveled to the Soviet Union as a missionary, was arrested and imprisoned for 15 years in...

St. Oswald of Worcester: A ‘Leapling’ Saint for Lent

Catholics can celebrate “leap day” as a uniquely Catholic holiday because of a saint — Oswald — and the fact that the idea of a leap year is a Catholic one.

9 Things You Need to Know About the ‘Chair of St. Peter’

Yes, there is a physical object known as “the Chair of St. Peter.” It is housed at the Vatican, at the back of St. Peter’s basilica. Feb. 22 is the Feast of the Chair of St. Peter. And there is more to the story. Here are 9 things you need to know ...

A Father’s Musings on the Marriage of His Daughter

By Regis Martin/National Catholic Register It isn’t every day that a father gets to give away his own daughter. And tell me, why would he...

‘Art’ificial Intelligence: AI Can Create Religious Images in Seconds. But Is It Really Sacred Art?

Adjusting the drape of fabric just so on her artistic model, sacred artist Gwyneth Thompson-Briggs continues painting, with a stroke of oil paint here, a highlight or shadow there, working to depict the latest saint for her artistic portfolio. Elsewhere, using algorithms and data points, a computer scans the internet to “create” new art. Welcome to a brave new world pitting processors against painters.

Meet Father Richard Rocha, Super Bowl LVIII ‘Team Priest’ for the Kansas City Chiefs

When Super Bowl LVIII kicks off at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas Sunday, Feb. 11, one enthusiastic, longtime Kansas City Chiefs fan cheering in the stands will be a priest of the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph, Missouri: Father Richard Rocha.

Real Heroes Wear Capes: ‘Cabrini’ Movie Director Says Saint’s ‘Life Was a Prayer in Itself’

Excitement is building as the new movie Cabrini from Angel Studios and directed by Alejandro Monteverde will launch in theaters nationwide on March 8.

8 Things You Need to Know About St. Paul and His Conversion

On Jan. 25, the Church celebrates the conversion of St. Paul. Here are eight things you need to know about him — and his conversion.

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