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Canonizations for Carlo Acutis Announced by Pope Francis
Read More: Canonizations for Carlo Acutis Announced by Pope Franciscanonizations for Carlo Acutis Pope Francis announced Wednesday that Blessed Carlo Acutis and Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati, two young Catholics beloved for their vibrant faith and witness to holiness, will be canonized during two major jubilee celebrations dedicated to young people. The surprise announcement came at the conclusion of the pope’s weekly general audience in…
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Pope Francis Urges Youth to Embrace the Eucharist like Carlo Acutis
Read More: Pope Francis Urges Youth to Embrace the Eucharist like Carlo AcutisPope Francis Urges Youth to Embrace the Eucharist like Carlo Acutis Pope Francis in his youth message released on Tuesday encouraged young people to imitate Blessed Carlo Acutis in prioritizing “the great gift of the Eucharist.” “As Blessed Carlo Acutis said, the Eucharist is the highway to heaven,” the pope wrote in his message for diocesan World…
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Cardinal Schönborn: ‘We must accept the decline of Europe’
Read More: Cardinal Schönborn: ‘We must accept the decline of Europe’Cardinal Schönborn Speech Cardinal Christoph Schönborn, OP, archbishop of Vienna, said in a recent interview with a French Catholic magazine that in the face of rising secularization and the growth of Islam in many historically Christian nations, Catholics should “trust in the work of grace” and remember that the Church is “an expert in humanity.”…
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