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As a child, Ma Wai practiced Buddhism, the predominant religion in her Myanmar village. But a few months ago, aged 50, she joined the Catholic Church. Ma Wai began to get a sense of Christianity in 2008 after she married a Catholic when she was 34. That was 16 years ago after she fell in love with […]

Portrait of Nellie OrganWikiCommons Prior to Nellie Organ’s death, the average age at which children received First Holy Communion was 12; after Nellie, it was seven.  A story reported from MGS Prayers tells the miraculous tale of Nellie Organ. Nellie, or Ellen, was born the youngest of four children in 1903 in Waterford. Soon after […]

Black Country Communion have returned with their first new music in seven years, the hard funk strut of Stay Free. The single is the first taste of V, the forthcoming fifth album from the the hard rock supergroup – comprised of vocalist/bassist Glenn Hughes, guitarist Joe Bonamassa, keyboardist Derek Sherinian and drummer Jason Bonham – […]

The supergroup features Joe Bonamassa, Glenn Hughes, Jason Bonham, and Derek Sherinian March 1, 2024 | 1:57pm ET Black Country Communion — the supergroup made up of acclaimed musicians Joe Bonamassa, Glenn Hughes, Jason Bonham, and Derek Sherinian — have announced their fifth studio album, aptly titled V. Ahead of its June 14th release, the […]

Many women present at the synod on synodality this past October “expressed deep gratitude for the work of priests and bishops,” but also noted that clericalism continues to “scar the face of the Church and damage its communion.” The assembly stated in the synthesis report that a “profound spiritual conversion is needed” to meet the […]

Stained glass window at the Annunciation Melkite Catholic Cathedral in Roslindale, Massachusetts, depicting Christ the King in the regalia of a Byzantine emperor (Image: John Stephen Dwyer/Wikipedia) In the 1947 movie, Good News, we first savored the words “the best things in life are free.” Some of these things, in my opinion, are delectable food, […]

Talk to any of the nearly 700 catechumens and candidates who filled the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Homeland Feb. 18 for the Rite of Election and the Call to Continuing Conversion who will enter the Catholic Church this Easter, and you won’t hear them reflect about a sense of adventure on a new […]

Around the world, many Anglican churches and dioceses are partnering in mission and prayer through Companion Links. During the Lambeth Conference in 2022, many bishops also expressed an interest in developing new links. Companion Link relationships between dioceses are mutually organised by the participating Diocesan teams. Many of these links begin through friendships between bishops […]

A block off W. 7th Street in St. Paul, a crew appeared, pulling lights, stands and crates from a long white truck. They traded information on walkie-talkies. They set a camera on a tripod. They made a film set where, moments before, there had been none. “Is this your driveway?” someone asked Patrick Coyle, the […]

Q: Where exactly in the Catechism of the Catholic Church does it say we can receive Communion by intinction? Our parish has started doing this recently, and people love it! But other parishes’ priests say this is not “legal” according to church doctrine. I have looked in the catechism and cannot find exactly where it […]