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Pope Pius XI

‘The worker’s human dignity … must be recognized’

Derek Pettinelli Aug 30, 2019 0

This Labor Day ponder these reflections about work. Pope Leo XIII Each needs the other: Capital cannot do without labor, nor labor without capital. Mutual agreement results in the beauty of good order. Rerum Novarum (On Capital and Labor),…

Sacraments

A new take on an old idea: A neocatechumenate of marriage

Susie Lloyd Nov 15, 2018 0

One out of three Catholic marriages ends in divorce. This, according to a study by Georgetown University’s Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate (CARA), is a lower rate than the general population, but it’s still nothing to brag…

Quiet Moment

Pope Pius XI-Penance is a recognition and reestablishment

Catholic Digest Mar 2, 2018 0

Friday of the Second Week of Lent Penance is a recognition and reestablishment of the moral order in the world, which is founded on the eternal law, that is, on the living God. — Pope Pius XI

Quiet Moment

Thursday of the Fourth Week in Ordinary Time

Karen Edmisten Feb 1, 2018 0

The family is more sacred than the state, and men are begotten not for the earth and for time, but for heaven and eternity. — Pope Pius XI