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World Day Of Social Communications 2026 Theme: Preserving Human Voices And Faces

by Pope Leo XIV | Oct 23, 2025 | Faith & Life

The 60th World Day of Social Communications will take place on Sunday, May 17, 2026. Below is a description of the theme that the Vatican has announced. In today’s communication ecosystems, technology influences interactions more than ever before - from algorithms...

Is Christianity About Rule Keeping? | C.S. Lewis Quote

by C.S. Lewis | Oct 17, 2025 | Apologetics, Morals & Values

"People often think of Christian morality as a kind of bargain in which God says, ‘If you keep a lot of rules I’ll reward you, and if you don’t I’ll do the other thing.’ I do not think that is the best way of looking at it. I would much rather say that every time you...

The Marvelous Power Of The Cross | Pope Leo The Great

by Catholic Saint | Sep 11, 2025 | Jesus Christ, Meaning of Suffering

Our understanding, which is enlightened by the Spirit of truth, should receive with purity and freedom of heart the glory of the cross as it shines in heaven and on earth. It should see with inner vision the meaning of the Lord's words when he spoke of the imminence...

Lay It In God’s Hands And Offer It Up | St. Edith Stein

by St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (St. Edith Stein) | Sep 5, 2025 | Meaning of Suffering

"And when night comes, and retrospect shows that everything was patchwork and much which one had planned left undone, when so many things rouse shame and regret, then take all as it is, lay it in God's hands, and offer it up to Him. In this way, we will be able to...

Detach From Wordly Things | St. John Bosco

by St. John Bosco | Aug 26, 2025 | Faith & Life

"Be brave and try to detach your heart from worldly things. Do your utmost to banish darkness from your mind and come to understand what true, selfless piety is. Through confession, endeavor to purify your heart of anything which may still taint it. Enliven your...

God’s Infinite Mercy | Venerable Louis Of Grenada Quote

by Venerable Louis of Granada | Aug 19, 2025 | Confession, Sin

"For God, in His infinite mercy, is not content with effacing our sins and restoring us to His favor; He delivers us from the evils sin has brought upon us, and renews the interior man in his former strength and beauty. Thus He heals our wounds, breaks our bonds,...

Hope For The Elderly | Pope Leo XIV Quote

by Pope Leo XIV | Aug 7, 2025 | Family, Social Justice

As elderly persons, we can hopeThe Book of Sirach calls blessed those who have not lost hope (cf. 14:2). Perhaps, especially if our lives are long, we may be tempted to look not to the future but to the past. Yet, as Pope Francis wrote during his last hospitalization,...

Prayer Is Powerful And Necessary For Salvation | St. John Vianney Quote

by St. John Vianney | Jul 25, 2025 | Prayer, Saint Quotes

"My dear brothers and sisters, not only is prayer very powerful; even more, it's of the utmost necessity for overcoming the enemies of our salvation. Look at all the saints: They weren't content with watching and fighting to overcome the enemies of their salvation and...

AI And Society | ANTIQUA ET NOVA

by Traditional Catholic Prayers | Jul 18, 2025 | Controversial Subjects, God & Mystery of Evil, World's View

50. As Pope Francis observed, “the inherent dignity of each human being and the fraternity that binds us together as members of the one human family must undergird the development of new technologies and serve as indisputable criteria for evaluating them before they...

Praying The Chaplet Of The Holy Face

by Traditional Catholic Prayers | Jul 15, 2025 | Prayer

Chaplet of the Holy FaceOn the cross, make the Sign of the Cross and pray: "O God, come to my assistance; O Lord make haste to help me. Glory be..."On the single bead, in honor of the sense of touch of Jesus, pray: "My Jesus Mercy," followed by the "Glory...

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