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4 days ago · Beyond this success, St. John Paul II wanted the Holy Year to be an opportunity to commemorate the second millennia of the Church’s existence, most notably so that it would repent for its faults.
3 days ago · Christmas is an annual festival commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ, observed primarily on December 25 [a] as a religious and cultural celebration among billions of people around the world.
4 days ago · Angelus prayer and Holy Rosary. From the Holy House in Loreto, recitation of the Angelus prayer and Rosary. Read and listen on Vatican News to the readings from Scripture and the Gospel together with a thought for the day by Pope Francis.
3 days ago · The Holy See dates back to early Christianity and is the principal episcopal see of the Catholic Church, which has approximately 1.329 billion baptised Catholics in the world as of 2018 in the Latin Church and 23 Eastern Catholic Churches. [23] .
3 days ago · Roman Catholicism is a Christian church that has been the decisive spiritual force in the history of Western civilization. Along with Eastern Orthodoxy and Protestantism, it is one of the three major branches of Christianity. It is led by the pope, as the bishop of Rome, and the Holy See forms the church’s central government.
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1 day ago · Muhammad was born in approximately 570 CE in Mecca. [1] He was the son of Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib and Amina bint Wahb. His father, Abdullah, the son of Quraysh tribal leader Abd al-Muttalib ibn Hashim, died around the time Muhammad was born. His mother Amina died when he was six, leaving Muhammad an orphan.
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