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Monsignor Bernie Schmidt gives a blessing at the altar, surrounded by candles and a gathering.

George Weigel

Mar 26, 2025

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Against the politics of grievance

(Photo: Unsplash) “Woke,” shorthand for what was once known as “political correctness,” helped fuel a grievance-based progressive...

A white sun symbolizing the Holy Spirit against a blue to yellow gradient, representing hope.
Monsignor Bernie Schmidt gives a blessing at the altar, surrounded by candles and a gathering.

National Catholic Register

Mar 23, 2025

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Pope Francis on His Devotion to St. Joseph: ‘Think of Him as a Friend’

‘St. Joseph reminds us that those who appear hidden or in the shadows can play an incomparable role in the history of salvation ...’ Pope...

A white sun symbolizing the Holy Spirit against a blue to yellow gradient, representing hope.
Monsignor Bernie Schmidt gives a blessing at the altar, surrounded by candles and a gathering.

Catholic News Agency

Mar 23, 2025

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WATCH: Pope Francis makes first public appearance in weeks, returns to Vatican

Pope Francis waves from a balcony at Gemelli Hospital in Rome on Sunday, March 23, 2025, following weeks of hospitalization for bilateral...

A white sun symbolizing the Holy Spirit against a blue to yellow gradient, representing hope.
Monsignor Bernie Schmidt gives a blessing at the altar, surrounded by candles and a gathering.

National Catholic Register

Mar 22, 2025

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Meet the Cardinal Who Oversees the Making of Saints

Cardinal Marcello Semeraro outlines the journey to canonization. Cardinal Marcello Semeraro discusses the canonization process —...

A white sun symbolizing the Holy Spirit against a blue to yellow gradient, representing hope.
Monsignor Bernie Schmidt gives a blessing at the altar, surrounded by candles and a gathering.

Catholic News Agency

Mar 21, 2025

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How the McDonald’s Filet-o-Fish became a Lenten tradition in the U.S.

(Photo: Toshihiro Gamo/Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 2.0) By Daniel Payne/CNA Few people associate McDonald’s with the season of Lent, but...

A white sun symbolizing the Holy Spirit against a blue to yellow gradient, representing hope.
Monsignor Bernie Schmidt gives a blessing at the altar, surrounded by candles and a gathering.

George Weigel

Mar 19, 2025

3

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The Henry J. Hyde Federal Building, please

(Photo: Public Domain/Wikimedia Commons) DuPage County is one of the collar counties bordering Chicago. For years, it had the great good...

A white sun symbolizing the Holy Spirit against a blue to yellow gradient, representing hope.
Monsignor Bernie Schmidt gives a blessing at the altar, surrounded by candles and a gathering.

Catholic News Agency

Mar 13, 2025

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Pope spending papal anniversary in hospital as pneumonia recovery continues

Crowds gather to pray the rosary for Pope Francis’ health on Feb. 27, 2025, in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican. (Photo: Daniel...

A white sun symbolizing the Holy Spirit against a blue to yellow gradient, representing hope.
Monsignor Bernie Schmidt gives a blessing at the altar, surrounded by candles and a gathering.

George Weigel

Mar 12, 2025

3

min read

Demythologizing some recent Catholic history

(Photo: MTF-GR, Wikimedia Commons/CC BY-SA 4.0) The National Catholic Reporter  recently saw fit to mark Cardinal Timothy Dolan’s...

A white sun symbolizing the Holy Spirit against a blue to yellow gradient, representing hope.
Monsignor Bernie Schmidt gives a blessing at the altar, surrounded by candles and a gathering.

Catholic News Agency

Mar 9, 2025

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This is Pope Francis’ prayer intention for the month of March

Pope Francis prays during Mass on the solemnity of the Epiphany on Jan. 6, 2025, in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican. (Photo: Vatican...

A white sun symbolizing the Holy Spirit against a blue to yellow gradient, representing hope.
Monsignor Bernie Schmidt gives a blessing at the altar, surrounded by candles and a gathering.

Catholic News Agency

Mar 8, 2025

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min read

Pope Francis: Lent is a time to accept our fragility, rekindle hope in Jesus

Cardinal Angelo De Donatis sprinkles ashes during the celebration of Mass on Ash Wednesday, March 5, 2025, at the Basilica of Santa...

A white sun symbolizing the Holy Spirit against a blue to yellow gradient, representing hope.
Monsignor Bernie Schmidt gives a blessing at the altar, surrounded by candles and a gathering.

Catholic News Agency

Mar 8, 2025

2

min read

Pope Francis asks Christians to start Lent ‘full of hope’ in the footsteps of Jesus Christ

(Photo: Unsplash) By Kristina Millare/CNA Pope Francis asked Christians on Ash Wednesday to set out in the footsteps of Jesus Christ,...

A white sun symbolizing the Holy Spirit against a blue to yellow gradient, representing hope.
Monsignor Bernie Schmidt gives a blessing at the altar, surrounded by candles and a gathering.

Catholic News Agency

Mar 6, 2025

2

min read

BREAKING: Vatican shares Pope Francis’ recorded message during rosary in St. Peter’s Square

(Video courtesy of CNA) By Madalaine Elhabbal/CNA In a prerecorded message, Pope Francis thanked those gathered for the rosary prayer...

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