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Benedict the Outlier?
Benedict XVI distributes Communion to a nun as he celebrates Christmas Eve Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican Dec. 24, 2012. (CNS photo/Paul Haring) Was Pope Benedict XVI …
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Pope Leo XIV to seminarians: ‘As I look at each of you, I see the marvelousness of God’
On Sept. 3, Pope Leo XIV received at the Vatican’s Apostolic Palace a group of seminarians from two Italian seminaries, thanking them on behalf of the Church for “the ‘yes’ …
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10 years a saint: The truth about Mother Teresa’s care for the dying
Critics of the devout religious superior have for years alleged that she refused to administer anesthetics to the sick and dying at her mission in Calcutta. Mother Teresa prays during …
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10 years a saint: The truth about Mother Teresa’s care for the dying
Sept. 4 marks the 10-year anniversary of the canonization of Mother Teresa, a saint whom Pope John Paul II called “an icon of the Good Samaritan” who lived her life …
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The Sandusky Hearing and the Cost of Overzealous Prosecution
A judge has granted former Penn State football coach Jerry Sandusky an evidentiary hearing to examine his key accuser’s desire to recant his testimony that he had been sexually abused …
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Cardinal Cupich, nuns sue Illinois to stop law forcing them to help patients kill themselves (Becket Fund for Religious Liberty)
Cardinal Blase Cupich of Chicago, the Carmelite Sisters for the Aged and Infirm, the Little Sisters of the Poor, and a pharmacist filed suit to block the implementation of the …
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Kuwait cabinet minister affirms commitment to freedom of belief, worship (Arab Times)
Kuwait’s minister of Islamic affairs met with a Church spokesman on September 3 and affirmed the nation’s commitment to freedom of belief and worship. Islam is the official religion of …
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EU bishops argue against erasure of names from baptismal records (COMECE)
The Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union published a 15-page position paper arguing against the erasure of names from baptismal records. In the Bisdom Gent case, the …
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Man accused of murdering Kansas priest found not competent to stand trial (KSHB-TV)
The man accused of murdering a Kansas priest in his rectory last year was found not competent to stand trial. Gary Hermesch, who admitted to killing Father Arul Carasala, will …
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Christ-Centered Catholic Spirituality as Practiced in the Early Church: From Meditation to Contemplation
The birth of the Church took place on the first Pentecost Day when the Holy Spirit came down onto and into Our Lady and the apostles before 9 o’clock in …