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Life of Greek saint in Italy an example of ecumenism for today

Interviews
Jan 30, 2019

The Greek manuscript of ‘The Life of Saint Neilos of Rossano’ has been translated into English for the first time.

Austrian Catholics start year of celebrations for Emperor Maximilian

Catholic News Service, Church in Europe
Jan 9, 2019

The Austrian Catholic Church will officially begin a year of honor Jan. 11 to remember the founder of Austria’s Catholic Habsburg Empire, Maximilian I, to mark the 500th anniversary of his death.

Christmas Eve marks 200th anniversary of beloved carol ‘Silent Night’

Catholic News Service, Church in the US
Dec 19, 2018

Exactly 200 years ago this Christmas Eve — Dec. 24, 1818 — in a little church in what is now Austria, the world heard for the first time a poem set to music that eventually would be hailed as one of the most popular and beloved Christmas carols of all time.

Why a 14th-century mystic appeals to today’s ‘spiritual but not religious’ Americans

Associated Press
Dec 8, 2018

At the heart of this trend is the general conviction that all world religions share a fundamental, common basis, a belief known as “perennialism.” And this is where the unlikely figure of Meister Eckhart, a 14th-century Dominican friar famous for his popular sermons on the direct experience of God, is finding popular appeal.

Small Irish community seeks help to save a saint’s iconic cross

Catholic News Agency, Church in UK and Ireland
Dec 7, 2018

A unique Irish cross marking the 1,400-year-old grave of a Catholic saint is in danger of destruction due to erosion, and the local community is seeking help to restore the “icon of Ireland’s early Christian heritage.”