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For Ash Wednesday, Vatican asks priests to 'sprinkle' ashes on heads
The Vatican Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments asked priests to take special anti-COVID-19 precautions this year when distributing ashes on Ash Wednesday, Feb. 17, including sprinkling ashes on the top of people's heads rather than using them to make a cross on people's foreheads.
In message for World Sick Day, Pope Francis calls for health care for all
Praising those who help the sick and praying for those who are sick, Pope Francis called on Christians to practice what they preach, including by guaranteeing equal access to health care for all people.
Pope Francis ‘astonished’ by violence at Capitol
Pope Francis offered prayers for the people of the United States “shaken by the recent siege on Congress” and prayed for the five people who lost their lives “in those dramatic moments” when protesters stormed the Capitol Jan. 6.
‘Salud!’: A better 2021 requires more than a toast
Whether or not they raised a glass of bubbly as the new year made its debut, many people around the world were convinced that 2021 had to be better than 2020 was.
The Magi’s conversion
On the first Sunday of this new year, the Magi remind us that our faith life is a journey. It is a journey that leads to a conversion, for we are told that they “return home by a different way.”
Give a child a can opener
Some of you are probably familiar with the saga of “Bean Dad,” a man who wrote a 23-post Twitter thread about making his 9-year-old daughter figure out on her own how to use a can opene
Archdiocese launches COVID-19 vaccination awareness campaign
When Cardinal Cupich joined other clergy in publicly receiving a COVID-19 vaccine Dec. 23 at St. Anthony Hospital, it marked the beginning of an archdiocesan campaign to encourage everyone to be vaccinated when they are able to.
Fired EWTN host: ‘I will never, ever, ever have regrets’ talking about race
Gloria Purvis, who was told after the Dec. 30 broadcast of the EWTN radio show “Morning Glory” that the show was canceled effective immediately, said she has no regrets using the show to discuss racial matters following the police killing of George Floyd last May.
DePaul University partners with schools on new programs
Teachers and staff at some Catholic schools are learning new skills — and being recognized for them — under partnerships between the Office of Catholic Schools and DePaul University.
Catholic faith a touchstone for Illinois poet laureate
Angela Jackson, Illinois’ new poet laureate, wrote her first poem when she was in third grade at St. Anne School, located at Garfield Boulevard and Wentworth Avenue.
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