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Leo XIV-led Vatican sends Diwali message to Hindus The Vatican extended its ‘warmest prayerful and festive wishes’ to Hindus on Diwali while suggesting the ‘spirit of Assisi’ could help Christians and Hindus ‘forge pathways of peace’ together.The Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue (DID) under Pope Leo XIV on Friday published a special message to Hindus ahead of their Diwali holiday next week, stressing the Vatican’s commitment to peace “in the spirit of Assisi.”In its October 30 message, published the day before Allhallowtide and signed by Cardinal George Jacob Koovakad and Monsignor Indunil Janakaratne Kodithuwakku Kankanamalage – prefect and secretary of the...

🇺🇸Pray For The Peace of Jerusalem🇮🇱 (11/3/26)[Prayer]Personalities Psalm 72Of Solomon.1 Endow the king with your justice, O God, the royal son with your righteousness. 2 May he judge your people in righteousness, your afflicted ones with justice.3 May the mountains bring prosperity to the people, the hills the fruit of righteousness.4 May he defend the afflicted among the people and save the children of the needy; may he crush the oppressor. 5 May he endure[a] as long as the sun, as long as the moon, through all generations. 6 May he be like rain falling on a mown field, like...

"Faith is . . . the conviction of things not seen" (Heb. 11:1). True faith goes beyond assurance to action. When the writer said, "Faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen", he used two parallel and almost identical phrases to define faith. We've seen that faith is the assurance that all God's promises will come to pass in His time. "The conviction of things not seen" takes the same truth a step further by implying a response to what we believe and are assured of. James addressed the issue this way: "Someone may...

Join with fellow FREEPERS to pray for AMERICA: For those in Authority in Government, Family, Military, Business, Healthcare, Education, Churches, and the Media. This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. (1 John 5:14)Forum threads labeled [Prayer] are closed to debate of any kind.

Daily Readings from the USCCBOne of those at table with Jesus said to him, “Blessed is the one who will dine in the Kingdom of God.” He replied to him, “A man gave a great dinner to which he invited many. When the time for the dinner came, he dispatched his servant to say to those invited, ‘Come, everything is now ready.’ But one by one, they all began to excuse themselves.” Luke 14:15–18Today we continue reading from Jesus’ teachings during a dinner at the home of one of the leading Pharisees. Present were many of the town’s social elites,...

[Catholic / Devotional Caucus] All Souls’ Day is a special call to pray for the deliverance of the dead from Purgatory Faith teaches us the existence of purgatory, where our loved ones may be detained by unexpiated sin; theology assures us that their more or less speedy deliverance lies in our power.The fresco of Souls in Purgatory in the Chiesa dei Santi Gervasio e Protasio by Lorenzo PerettiRenata Sedmakova/ShutterstockWe will not have you ignorant, brethren, concerning them that are asleep, that you be not sorrowful, even as others who have no hope. (1 Thessalonians 4:12) The Church today has the...

2 November 2026 All Souls The Minorite Monastery, Ptuj, Slovenia Readings at MassThis is a preview of Universalis. The Universalis app gives you every day of every year, not just the single week you’re seeing now, and it doesn’t need the Internet. It gives you the official New American Bible version for the readings at Mass. As well as the Mass, it gives you the Liturgy of the Hours. It costs $9.99-12.99 on your phone, or £19.99 (about $26.50) on your computer. Get it now.Liturgical Colour: Violet or Black. Year: A(II).(The following psalms and readings are selected from the...

An insane scene unfolded on the University of Michigan campus Sunday when a far-left activist, identified as a supporter of Democrat Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, launched a vicious attack on a Jewish conservative commentator. And, boy, did things get even uglier when the cops showed up. The setting was UMich's Ann Arbor campus. A group of conservative commentators had set up a table beneath a sign that read, “Is Islam Compatible with the West?” and were interacting with students when the unhinged young woman confronted them. Clearly irate, she proceeded to get aggressive with two men manning the table, clapping...

Public domain image of Luther nailing 95 Theses at Wittenberg. (Acquired from Wikimedia Commons) On October 31, 1517, Martin Luther nailed his infamous 95 Theses to the door at a church in Wittenberg, Germany, signifying his break from the Catholic Church, and paving the way for like-minded protestors. 499 years have since elapsed. Disunity among Christians remains a scandal and an affront to the prayer of Jesus that the people, "may be one." (cf. John 17:11-26) In the modern era of social media, we see today the hashtag #ReformationDay posted in a strictly celebratory manner. From one perspective, it is...

See the car with doors open in the photo above? At the mid-campaign rally a young woman opened the doors of her vehicle and played a recording of a concert where a singer lauded abortion and trashed religion. It sounded demonic. Nevertheless, we continued to pray for an end to abortion and to pray for those who would support abortion that they may see The Light. Shawn Carney posted a note today about the Bangor, ME Planned Parenthood telling supporters to play demonic music and “cast spells” on folks like us who pray in front of abortion facilities. Note that...

"Faith is the assurance of things hoped for" (Heb. 11:1). Faith is the solid ground on which we stand as we await the fulfillment of God's promises. An elderly man who, on his seventy-fifth birthday, received an invitation to fly over the little West Virginia town in which he had spent his entire life. Although he had never before flown, the man accepted the gracious offer. After circling the town for about twenty minutes, the pilot safely returned his passenger to the ground. The man's grandson greeted him excitedly, asking, "Were you scared, Grandpa?" "No," he replied sheepishly, "but I...

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Genesis 1 in motion: ============================================================= See the early universe like NEVER before: Incredible simulation reveals exactly what happened in the first 2 billion years of our history https://t.co/IPPGbJRuJf https://t.co/RyURjgKadM— Daily Mail US (@Daily_MailUS) October 26, 2026============================================================= I'll let ya believe it was the first two billion years if you want. Go ahead. You have a brain capable of comprehending the infinite because God created you in His image, just like He finely tuned everything in the universe to be a beautiful work of engineering and artisanship. But before everyone argues about the theology, take a moment to appreciate how modern...

Please join with fellow FREEPERS to pray for AMERICA: For those in Authority in Government, Family, Military, Business, Healthcare, Education, Churches, and the Media.1 Timothy 2:1-2 I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone: for kings and all those in authority that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness.Religion Forum threads labeled “Prayer” are closed to debate of any kind.

🇺🇸Pray For The Peace of Jerusalem🇮🇱 (11/2/26)[Prayer]Personalities Psalm 711 In you, Lord, I have taken refuge; let me never be put to shame. 2 In your righteousness, rescue me and deliver me; turn your ear to me and save me. 3 Be my rock of refuge, to which I can always go; give the command to save me, for you are my rock and my fortress. 4 Deliver me, my God, from the hand of the wicked, from the grasp of those who are evil and cruel. 5 For you have been my hope, Sovereign Lord, my confidence since my...

Daily Readings from the USCCBThe Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed (All Souls)Jesus said to the crowds: “Everything that the Father gives me will come to me, and I will not reject anyone who comes to me, because I came down from heaven not to do my own will but the will of the one who sent me. And this is the will of the one who sent me, that I should not lose anything of what he gave me, but that I should raise it on the last day.” John 6:37–39Today we do more than remember our loved ones...

[Catholic Caucus] Sermon for All Saints The Feast of All Saints 2026Fr. Richard CipollaCarmelite Convent - Danbury, Connecticut After this I saw a great multitude which no man cold number, out of all nations and tribes and peoples and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes and with palms in their hands: and they cried out with a loud voice saying: “Salvation belongs to our God who sits upon the throne, and to the Lamb”.This is the heart of the book of Revelation, the eternal worship of God in heaven by the saints. How...

[Catholic/Devotional Caucus] All Saints’ Day reminds us of the purpose of our earthly pilgrimage Without waiting for the dawn of eternity, the present solemnity gives us to enter by hope into the land of light, whither our fathers have followed Jesus the divine forerunner. “I saw a great multitude which no man could number, of all nations and tribes and peoples and tongues, standing before the throne, and in sight of the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands: and they cried with a loud voice, saying: ‘Salvation to our God!'” (Apocalypse 7:9-10)Time is no more; it...

1 November 2026 All Saints Solemnity All Saints Catholic Church, DallasReadings at MassThis is a preview of Universalis. The Universalis app gives you every day of every year, not just the single week you’re seeing now, and it doesn’t need the Internet. It gives you the official New American Bible version for the readings at Mass. As well as the Mass, it gives you the Liturgy of the Hours. It costs $9.99-12.99 on your phone, or £19.99 (about $26.50) on your computer. Get it now.Liturgical Colour: White. Year: A(II).First readingApocalypse 7:2-4,9-14I saw a huge number, impossible to count, of...

You [Gemini.ai]state " they [atheists] are relying on evidence-based frameworks, not faith" Wrong, and you are just parroting, for you are defining faith in a non-Biblical way (which is confidence based upon a degree of evidential warrant, as in Acts 7:31, which is what we do daily), and the atheist places confidence in evidence that does not prove his atheism. And if you actually engage atheists on the Internet, as here https://www.quora.com/Why-do-atheists-refuse-to-debate-Christians, you will realize that they overall are intolerant of a creator even as a hypothesis. Most are anti-theist.You are entirely right to correct how the word "faith"...