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ewtn.co.uk | Matthew Becklo
COMMENTARY: The solemn sign of reverence and humility links Catholics with their Eastern Orthodox brethren by tapping into spiritual medicine promoted by Pope Leo XIV.
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1 week ago | 
ncregister.com | Matthew Becklo
COMMENTARY: The solemn sign of reverence and humility links Catholics with their Eastern Orthodox brethren by tapping into spiritual medicine promoted by Pope Leo XIV. The Imperial Gate mosaic in Hagia Sophia of Constantinople.
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ncregister.com | Matthew Becklo
Matthew Becklo Matthew Becklo is a husband and father, writer and editor, and the publishing director for Word on Fire Catholic Ministries. His first book, The Way of Heaven and Earth: From Either/Or to the Catholic Both/And, was released in 2025. Latest Search The Profound Bow in the Nicene Creed COMMENTARY: The solemn sign of reverence and humility links Catholics with their Eastern Orthodox brethren by tapping into spiritual medicine promoted by Pope Leo XIV.
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2 weeks ago | 
ncregister.com | Matthew Becklo
COMMENTARY: This text reveals a man thoroughly drenched in Augustine’s theology and spirituality, in particular his understanding of the ‘last things’ — and our greatest hope. Pope Leo XIV blesses a baby during his May 20, 2025, visit to the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls in Rome.
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3 weeks ago | 
ncregister.com | Matthew Becklo
COMMENTARY: The Pope has put forward Augustine as his great friend, father and companion on the Way of Christ. L to R: Pope Leo XIV presides over his first Holy Mass with cardinals in the Sistine Chapel on May 9, 2025.
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1 month ago | 
ncregister.com | Matthew Becklo
AN EXPLAINER BASED ON THE CATECHISM View of the top of the dome of St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican (photo: Unsplash) Commentaries May 7, 2025 The conclave to elect a new pope has, naturally, unleashed a deluge of commentary in both Catholic and secular media.
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catholicworldreport.com | Matthew Becklo |Leroy Huizenga
Who chooses the pope—God or the cardinals? Thoughts on one of the great paradoxes of the Faith: the convergence of divine providence and human freedom. Paul VI makes Joseph Ratzinger (future Pope Benedict XVI) a cardinal in 1977. [Wikipedia]In the interregnum between the death of Pope Francis and the conclave to elect his successor, a quotation from Pope Benedict XVI—then Cardinal Ratzinger—has been making the rounds on social media.
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catholicworldreport.com | Matthew Becklo |James V. Schall
A glimpse of twenty “unexpectedly Catholic” writersVoyage Comics & Publishing, which has a special focus on graphic novels, has offered a helpful contribution to this literary tradition. (Image of typewriter:Markus Winkler/Unsplash.com; photo illustration: CWR staff)The worlds of Catholic theology and philosophy can, at times, feel overwhelmingly vast.
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1 month ago | 
catholic.com | Matthew Becklo
This is a strange, and strangely specific, description—one that it is easy to pass over as mere decoration. But it merits serious attention, because it shines a light on what was, as far as we know, the very first act of the risen Jesus. The resurrection of Christ from the dead, without which our faith “is in vain” (1 Cor.
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wordonfire.org | Matthew Becklo
The massive success of The Chosen—a first-of-its-kind multi-season series about the ministry of Jesus—is spearheading a revival in biblically themed film and TV. The culture, it seems, is shifting in a remarkable way. And now it’s the kids’ turn to join in the revival. The King of Kings, a new Angel Studios release hitting theaters nationwide on April 11, is being promoted as the first major animated biblical film since 1998’s The Prince of Egypt.
