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St. Boniface was born in the seventh century, in Devonshire, England. He was educated in a Benedictine monastery, and became a monk. In 719, he went to Germany as a missionary. 

In Germany, Boniface destroyed pagan temples and idols, building churches in their place. Eventually, he was made Archbishop of Mainz. He reformed the churches there, and built religious h...


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Deut. 8:2–3, 14–16 / Ps. 147:12–15, 19–20 / 1 Cor. 10:16–17 / Jn. 6:51–58

The Eucharist is given to us as a challenge and a promise. That’s how Jesus presents it in today’s Gospel.

He doesn’t make it easy for those who hear him. They are repulsed and offended at his words. Even when they begin to quarrel, he insists on describing the eating and drinkin...


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I will be the first to admit that history is not my strong suit.

“In fourteen hundred and ninety-two, Columbus sailed the ocean blue,” is the one date I remember from grade school.

Then there’s the Norman Conquest of 1066 — that was from high school French — except now I’m not quite sure what the Norman Conquest is, or was.

I’d be hard put to place major ...


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Several working sessions and four themes ranging from war to synodality are planned for the next consistory convened by Pope Leo XIV.

From reflection on the international situation to a possible “updating” of the doctrine of just war, to discussion of the encyclical 


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St. Francis Caracciolo was born Ascanio, in Italy, on October 13, 1563. His mother was a relative of St. Thomas Aquinas, and Francis seemed inclined to follow a religious vocation as a young man.

At the age of 22, Ascanio contracted leprosy, and begged God to cure him. When he regained his health, he followed his calling to the priesthood, studying ...


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