U.S. President Barack Obama and his wife Michele issued a statement today on the White House website commemorating Ash Wednesday and requesting prayer for persecuted Christians around the world. “Today, Michelle and I join our fellow Christians in marking Ash Wednesday,” the statement begins. “Lent is a season of...
“That confession on September 21, 1953… reoriented my life,” Pope Francis told a group of Missionaries of Mercy recently. “To me it is a source of joy, the memory of that confession.” The Missionaries of Mercy are a special team of “priests given special faculties to absolve even sins reserved...
Catholics around the world are called to abstain from meat on Ash Wednesday and Fridays in Lent. If you’re a carnivore, that might leave you wondering what you should eat on those days. Never fear! Here are 13 super easy and tasty meatless recipes you can enjoy this Lent...
How fitting for the Year of Mercy! A new documentary has just been released on the history of one of the more famous versions of the Divine Mercy image. Titled “The Original Image of Divine Mercy: the Untold Story of an Unknown Masterpiece,” it features some pretty big names: comedian...
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The Doritos ad wasn’t the only commercial that came under attack from pro-choicers during the Super Bowl. The NFL ran an ad that claimed that cities with teams that win in the Super Bowl have a bump in the birth rate nine months later. Called “Super Bowl Babies,...
