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Why Do Catholics Fast From Meat?

This ancient tradition stems, ultimately, from love.

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Who were Blesseds Jacinta and Francisco Marto and why do their lives matter?

For Catholic families and believers today, Jacinta and Francisco show us how even the smallest hearts can carry extraordinary love.

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Why does the Church put ashes on us, anyway?

The Catechism reminds us that penance is ordered toward joy and freedom, not despair (CCC 1439).  So ashes are not the end of the story. They are the beginning.

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Why Is Shrove Tuesday the Feast of the Holy Face of Jesus?

To honor the Holy Face of Jesus on Shrove Tuesday is to remind ourselves of Veronica who comforted Our Lord.

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What will heaven be like?

Some wonder whether heaven might be dull since suffering and struggle will be gone. But Scripture offers images of worship, rejoicing, celebration, and the “marriage feast of the Lamb”

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Is it holy to exercise?

The Catechism of the Catholic Church is clear that the human body is not an accessory to the spiritual life, but an essential part of it.

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Why do we celebrate Valentine's... St. Valentine's.. Day?

Remember, today isn’t Valentine’s Day—it’s Saint Valentine’s Day.

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What does divinely inspired really mean? Did God actually write the Bible?

In Sacred Scripture, the Church constantly finds her nourishment and her strength, for she welcomes it not as a human word, “but as what it really is, the word of God.”

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Can cheerfulness actually be a spiritual weapon?

What made Philip remarkable was not only his mystical experiences or his founding of the Oratory, but his conviction that friendship and joy could be paths to sanctity.

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Have you heard of a Pardon Crucifix?

You may have seen this powerful sacramental without knowing it.

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How do the saints help us to offer it up?

These holy men and women did not cling to their comfort. They embraced their crosses as a way to follow Christ more closely.