Our Lady watches over the horse-drawn sleds bringing building materials across the Rosary Bridge in this painting of the miracle of the ice bridge.

The year Our Lady froze the St. Lawrence

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Anyone who has experienced the cold of a Quebec winter, where the wind whipping up the St. Lawrence Valley will chill the bones of even the hardiest of souls and it is a given that the mighty St. Lawrence will freeze over, can be forgiven for thinking a mild winter in this part of Canada is a myth.

Bishops attend the annual plenary assembly of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops in 2016 in Cornwall, Ontario

Canadian bishops' evangelization summit returns to sell out crowd

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OTTAWA – After a 15-year hiatus, an evangelization conference organized by Canada’s bishops will return in April and is already sold out.

Michael Dopp, co-founder of Mission of the Redeemer Ministries.

New Evangelization Summit changes tack in time of Church scandal

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OTTAWA – When Cardinal Gerald Lacroix speaks at the New Evangelization Summit here May 4, he will address how to share the Good News when the Church is engulfed in bad news.

Sr. Teresa Joseph of the Sisters of Our Lady Immaculate her vocation story to more than 700 youth at the annual Ordinandi Youth Event March 5 in Toronto.

Ordinandi, nun share their paths to religious life with youth

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Seven-hundred and forty-six kids, Grades 9 to 12, shouted, laughed, sang, prayed. Some of them even cried. They came to the Ordinandi Youth Event for one reason — to hear a story.

Pope Francis walks past flowers as he celebrates Easter Mass in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican April 1.

Liturgy needs 'language of flowers', but not during Lent

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VATICAN – Of the many traditions and penitential practices observed during the season of Lent, one of the more visible is the stark change in church decor and a complete absence of flowers.
Pope Francis leaves at the end of the final session of the Synod of Bishops on young people, the faith and vocational discernment at the Vatican Oct. 27, 2018.

Pope Francis’ seventh year will be ‘synodal’, Vatican spokesman says

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VATICAN – On the sixth anniversary of Pope Francis’ election Wednesday, the Vatican's chief spokesman said Francis will continue to lead the Church as a synodal “field hospital” in the year ahead.
Pope Francis greets Benedictine Abbot Bernardo Gianni during the Lenten retreat for the Roman Curia in Ariccia, Italy, March 10, 2019.

Benedictine abbot leads Pope, Roman Curia in Lenten retreat

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VATICAN – When Pope Francis asked 50-year-old Benedictine Abbot Bernardo Gianni to lead his Lenten retreat, the abbot said he told the Pope he felt "very inadequate."
Pope Francis waves as he leads the Angelus from the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Aug. 15, the feast of the Assumption.

Avoid temptation, don't engage with the devil, Pope says at Angelus

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VATICAN – When facing temptation, Christians should follow Jesus' example by not engaging in fruitless talk with the father of lies, Pope Francis said.
World Youth Day pilgrims learn what different religious communities have to offer at a vocations festival in a Panama City park Jan. 24, 2019.

Answering God's call demands courage to take a risk, Pope Francis says

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VATICAN – Answering the Lord's call demands the courage to take a risk, but it is an invitation to become part of an important mission, Pope Francis said.
The Temptation of Christ in the Wilderness, Sebastiano Ricci (Belluno 1659-1734 Venice)

God's Word on Sunday: It’s a good time to count God’s blessings

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First Sunday of Lent, March 10 (Year C) Deuteronomy 26:4-10; Psalm 91; Romans 10:8-13; Luke 4:1-13

Pope Francis hears the confession of a priest March 7, 2019, at Rome's Basilica of St. John Lateran. The pope administered the sacrament to several priests during his annual Lenten meeting with the priests of the Diocese of Rome.

God is purifying the church with 'unbearable' pain of abuse scandal, Pope Francis says

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ROME – The clerical abuse scandal has caused everyone in the Catholic Church "pain and unbearable suffering," Pope Francis said, but it also is a call to repentance and the renewal of the church.
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