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Should the Bishops of the USA have us return to obligatory meatless Fridays during the whole year and not just during Lent?
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Category Archives: Saints: Stories & Symbols
England: Martyrs’ relics escape blaze at Marian Shrine
I believe that you can still get a discounted subscription to the online, digital full version of the Catholic Herald for a mere “tenner”, £10. Right now about $16.27. And speaking of the UK’s best Catholic weekly, the lovely and … Read More →
14 Feb – St. Valentine, priest and martyr
St. Valentine, priest, was martyred in 269 at Rome near the Milvian Bridge on the Via Flaminia. He is considered a patron of bee keepers, engaged couples and epileptics. In pictures or statues he can identified with the symbols of … Read More →
St. Blaise Day Blessing – WDTPRS POLLS!
Today is St. Blaise Day in the Latin Church. It is a day traditionally associated with the special blessing of throats. Specially blessed candles held in the form of an X or a relic of St. Blaise is placed at … Read More →
28 Jan: St. Joseph Freinademetz, priest, missionary
Be sure to check this story at The Catholic Herald in their “Saint of the Week” feature. This week they focus on Joseph Freinademetz, priest, whose feast is today, 28 January. Fr. Freinademetz was a missionary to China who embraced … Read More →
Habeas corpus: The Curious Cause of Bp. Fulton Sheen
From CNA: Peoria diocese restarts Archbishop Fulton Sheen’s beatification cause Peoria, Ill., Jan 27, 2011 / 01:46 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- The Diocese of Peoria has resumed its promotion of Archbishop Fulton Sheen’s cause for beatification despite its dispute with the … Read More →
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Benedict XVI on St. Joan of Arc
I have long thought that St. Joan of Arc is a fine saint to inspire young people, including boys because of her martial spirit. The Holy Father today spoke of St. Joan in his General Audience. Here is the VIS … Read More →
Some thoughts about “heroic” virtue
A few days ago something interesting happened in the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph. Bp. Robert Finn, may God grant him many and happy years, officially opened the canonical process, the cause of Servant of God Sr. Marie de Mandat-Grancey, … Read More →
21 January: St. Agnes of Rome, virgin and martyr
Here is something I have posted in the past… about St. Agnes of Rome. Newcomers to WDTPRS may not have seen it. Behold the skull of Agnes. The dies natalis (“birthday into heaven”) of Agnes was recorded in the register … Read More →
Translating the remains of Bl. John Paul II into the Basilica
The other day Rome Reports posted a video of a screen set up around the altar of Bl. Innocent XI in the Vatican Basilica. It was immediately assumed that that is where the body of Bl. John Paul II would … Read More →
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Coincidence by date: 1 May
Concerning the 1 May Beatification of John Paul II. A reader sent the following: May 1st the prayers for Santo Subito will be rejoiced The Universal Church will lift up one of the greatest men of modern times. May 1 … Read More →
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