Faith Wed, 22 Jan 2025 22:52:38 -0500 Website design by Concerto Designs concertodesigns.ca en-gb Pope adds feast of Mary, Mother of the Church to universal calendar /faith/item/26912-pope-adds-feast-of-mary-mother-of-the-church-to-universal-calendar /faith/item/26912-pope-adds-feast-of-mary-mother-of-the-church-to-universal-calendar VATICAN – Pope Francis has decreed that Latin-rite Catholics around the world will mark the feast of "the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church" on the Monday after Pentecost each year.
]]> cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) Faith Mon, 05 Mar 2018 09:44:30 -0500 Holy Spirit strengthens witness even in persecution /faith/homilies/item/22247-holy-spirit-strengthens-witness-even-in-persecution /faith/homilies/item/22247-holy-spirit-strengthens-witness-even-in-persecution

The Holy Spirit strengthens us so that we may bear witness to the Lord even through persecution – even to the point of sacrificing our life. But also through the small persecutions like gossip and criticism. ThatöÏÓãÊÓƵapp what Pope Francis said Monday at the daily Mass at the Santa Marta guesthouse in the Vatican.

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