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The Pope Made History by Opening the Holy Door at a Prison in Italy — Why He Did It
The Pope chose to open the Holy Door at the Rebibbia prison in Italy as his second of five doors during the 2025 Jubilee for ...
New Year’s Eve celebrates St. Silvester – the 4th-century pope whose legend shaped ideas of church and state
On Dec. 31, while many people are preparing for their New Years Eve parties, some Roman Catholic Christians will also mark ...
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When the Vatican Apologized to Greece
Pope John Paul II made history by becoming the first leader of the Vatican to visit Greece in nearly 1300 years.
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The Catholic Church should canonize these worthy Black Americans
The U.S. Catholic Church has a painful history of racism. One step toward healing could be canonization of the six African ...
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History of Catholic Blessings
Within Roman Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy, and similar traditions, formal blessings of the church are performed ... has been introduced into Roman Catholic worship as well.
The long entangled history of Christianity and politics
The First Five Hundred Years,” Paula Fredriksen explores how a localized sect became a universal Roman church.
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The History of 'The Twelve Days of Christmas'
From 1558 until 1829, Roman Catholics in England were not permitted ... the surface meaning plus a hidden meaning known only to members of the Church. Each element in the carol has a code word ...
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East and West: Understanding the History of the Female Diaconate
The New Testament accounts of the historical Jesus show that he was radical in his encounters with women and treated them ...
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The Catholic Church and Birth Control
On New Year's Eve 1930, the Roman Catholic Church officially banned any "artificial" means of birth control. Condoms, diaphragms and cervical caps were defined as artificial, since they blocked ...