A surge in demand for exorcisms in France by people who are merely anxious or trying to save their relationships has created a kind of private exorcism industry where self-made “priests” charge hundreds of dollars for their services.
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Girlguiding UK, which is the country’s equivalent of the Girl Scouts, recently decided to allow males who identify as females to not become Guides, but has now extended that decision to allow boys to use the same bathrooms, showers, and tents as the girls.
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November 29
“I have been made for heaven, and heaven for me.”
-St. Joseph Cafasso
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The Archdiocese of Washington DC filed a federal lawsuit yesterday after the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) rejected their Christmas ad.
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Map showing hundreds of locations in Ireland where the Rosary was prayed on Sunday
In what is being hailed as one of the largest prayer initiatives in Ireland in 40 years, tens of thousands of Catholics flocked to over 270 locations along the coast of Ireland on Sunday to pray the Rosary in order to prevent the legalization of abortion and to restore the faith to what was once the most Catholic nation on earth.
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November 28
“Lord, I will put myself at hell’s gate, so that I can stop anyone else from entering there.”
-Blessed Dominic Barberi
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In a bid to promote more family time, as well as to reaffirm its Christian roots, the government of Poland has passed a bill that will phase out shopping on Sundays by 2020.
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Although it received very little press coverage, the November 10-13 celebration known as “Catharsis on the Mall” featured a 70-foot long seven-headed dragon named for the Egyptian god Araxas as well as a representation of the Hindu god Vishnu and a pagan temple.
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Burmese girl performing dance in Yangon, Myanmar
Even though Catholics comprise just over one percent of the population of Myanmar, the faithful flocked to Yangon today to greet Pope Francis as he begins a six-day visit to Myanmar and Bangladesh.
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When she was growing up, every time she saw a nun on television, Jade Banks would pray to Jesus – “Don’t make me do that.” So what made this vivacious 23 year-old girl decide she wanted to become not only a nun, but a cloistered Carmelite?
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