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At least 18 people have died and 24 remain missing after the passenger ferry MV Trisha Kerstin 3 sank early Monday off the southern Philippines, officials confirmed as rescue efforts continued. BBC reported that the roll-on/roll-off cargo and passenger vessel was en route from Zamboanga City on Mindanao to Jolo Island in Sulu province with Read More…

Ferry sinks off southern Philippines; at least 18 dead

Pope Leo XIV concluded the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity and marked the feast of the Conversion of St. Paul by leading 2nd vespers at the papal basilica named after the Apostle. This celebration is an annual tradition and brings together representatives of various Christian Churches and communities. Pope Leo noted that this year’s Read More…

We are one … let us make it visible: Pope on Christian unity

Catholic schools are a well established institution that are present in nearly every country in the world. Many of them have existed for hundreds of years and some claim they were founded over a thousand years ago. This brings up the question, what was the first Catholic school to ever be established? As with many Read More…

What was the first Catholic school in the whole world?

At its core, liturgical tensions point to deeper issues in theology, the transmission of tradition, and limits of authority.

The 40 days of Lent point us to the cross and to the hope and joy of Easter Sunday. During the fast-approaching Lenten season, it behooves us to take part in spiritual exercises that will, [...]

You'll find surprising parallels between the modern papacy and an obscure work of fiction that paints a curiously clear-sighted vision of what was unthinkable in 1904.

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This year marks the centenary of the death of Cardinal Désiré-Joseph Mercier of Belgium, who died on January 23, 1926. Priest, Archbishop, Cardinal Born in 1851 in the French-speaking region of Brabant, Belgium, Mercier entered the diocesan [...]

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