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The Prime Ministers
The Prime Ministers: Canada’s Leaders and the Nation They ShapedJ.D.M. Stewart (Sutherland House, $37.95, 361 pages) The last books on Canada’s prime ministers were published in the 1990s and while …
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The longer Newman
Sarah Stilton, Review: Newman and His Critics by Edward Short (Gracewing, $70 pb, 592 pages)Newman and his Contemporaries by Edward Short (Gracewing, $60 pb, 491 pages)Newman and his Family by Edward Short (Gracewing, …
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Pope Leo’s childhood home designated a historic landmark (Our Sunday Visitor)
The village of Dolton, Illinois, has designated Pope Leo XIV’s childhood home as a historic landmark. An official of the town of 21,000, located just south of Chicago, said that …
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USCCB backs change from ‘gender’ to ‘sex’ in Trump administration’s refugee forms (USCCB)
The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops has lent its support to the Trump administration’s proposal to replace the word “gender” with the word “sex” in forms published by the …
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Alabama vicar general laicized followed allegation (Birmingham Free Press)
Robert Sullivan—until recently the vicar general, or second-ranking official, of the Diocese of Birmingham, Alabama—has been dispensed from the obligations of the clerical state at his own request. Sullivan began …
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Chapel in Italy’s busiest train station desecrated (OIDAC Europe)
The chapel in Rome’s Termini railway station—Italy’s busiest—has been closed after a man who appeared intoxicated desecrated the altar. “The closure deprived commuters, workers and vulnerable individuals of a modest …
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Hindus Take Over North Carolina; Muslims Take Over Texas; Catholics Take Over Parish Basements
On January 16, 2019, 130 acres of rural North Carolina land near Raleigh were purchased by Carolina Murugan Temple (CMT). A month prior, their plans to build the largest Hindu …
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Seven things to know about St. John of Damascus, the last Church Father
Church of Panagia tou Arakos, triumphal arch, wall paintings, Lagoudera, Cyprus — north side, St. John of Damascus. (Credit: Winfield, David, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons) National Catholic Register, Dec 4, …
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Leo XIV’s Favorite Films
Last month, Pope Leo XIV revealed his four favorite films. This can give us some insight into the shy new pontiff, who is still a bit of a mystery. The …
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St. John of Damascus
St. John of Damascus Feast date: Dec 04 Catholics remember and celebrate the life of the great Arab Church Father St. John of Damascus on Dec. 4. Eastern Orthodox Christians and …