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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1,800-year-old silver amulet could rewrite history of Christianity in the early Roman Empire
A silver amulet found next to a skeleton in a 1,800-year-old grave in Germany speaks to the importance — and the risk — of ...
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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.
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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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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 ...