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Camille Dalmas

Pope’s last 2024 trip: A land full of history and legends

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Don’t confuse these Catholic lay groups with the KKK

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Daniel Esparza

Medieval frescoes discovered in Slovak church

Pope Francis during his weekly general audience in St. Peter's square at the Vatican on November 13, 2024.

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Rome conference on abuse: Pope stresses support for victims

Red Wednesday

J-P Mauro

Today: Hundreds of churches observe #RedWednesday worldwide

CHARTREUSE LIQUEUR

Daniel Esparza

5 Surprising things invented by monks

SIGRID UNDSET PORTRAIT - ALETEIA ADJUSTED

Theresa Civantos Barber

How Sigrid Undset inspires a new generation

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Pope salutes young Church reborn after Soviet occupation

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Migrants are the children we don’t want to have, says Pope

Daniel Esparza

Engelberg Abbey: A spiritual haven in the Swiss Alps

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Theresa Civantos Barber

Discerning a vocation when you’re the only Catholic in town

Daniel Esparza

Albania considers new religious ‘microstate,’ à la Vatican

EUTANASIA, MEDICINE, PENTOBARBITAL

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In Belgium, Catholics propose alternatives to euthanasia

CATHEDRAL

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Pope establishes first (and only) diocese in Estonia in 500 years

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John Paul II’s contrasting visits to Luxembourg and Belgium

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Camille Dalmas

These 8 Belgians helped make the Catholic Church great

SAINT LUDMILA

Philip Kosloski

Good King Wenceslaus learned to be good from his grandmother

Pope Francis (C) waves to believers as he leaves the Cercle Cite after a meeting Luxembourg's Prime minister during a four-day apostolic journey in Luxembourg and Belgium, in Luxembourg city on September 26, 2024

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The Pope’s day in Luxembourg in 7 quotations

Pope Francis (L) meets with Luxembourg's Prime minister Luc Frieden at the Cercle Cite in Luxembourg city, during a four-day apostolic journey in Luxembourg and Belgium, on September 26, 2024.

Hugues Lefèvre

Pope Francis’ improvisation that made Luxembourgers smile

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