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- Will the Blood of St. Januarius Turn to Liquid This Sunday?
  
  Alberto Pizzoli Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe displays the ampulla containing the blood of San Gennaro (St. Januarius) on March 21, 2015, in Naples. St. Januarius (San Gennaro) will have much...
- Why the Satanic Temple Backs Big Abortion
  
  JOSEPH PREZIOSO A statue Baphomet stands in the Satanic Temple in Salem, Massachusetts, on Oct. 8, 2019. Leaders of the temple have said that the Religious Freedom Restoration Act entitles its...
- See the Holy Trinity in a New Way With This Old Icon
  
  Andrei Rublev, “The Holy Trinity,” before 1430 The “Hospitality of Abraham” is a type of the Trinity — but not a representation of the Trinity itself.
News from the Vatican
- Getting old is not a disease, it’s a privilege, pope tells older priests
  
  Getting to be a ripe old age is a privilege, Pope Francis told older priests.
- Leadership is distorted by thirst for power, betraying charism, pope says
  
  Pope Francis praised Catholic lay movements and associations for living out the Gospel in their everyday lives and for promoting education, social support and evangelization in the world's...
- Tourism should foster culture of encounter, safeguard planet, Vatican says
  
  ROME — Tourism needs to protect both people and the planet as well as promote a more inclusive economy, the Vatican said. People need to support “an inclusive approach to tourism and resist the...