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St. Edith Stein’s Answer to a World Starved of Beauty
Edith Stein in her youth In a new book, Elizabeth Mitchell explores how the Carmelite martyr saw all genuine beauty as a path to God — and holiness as the …
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Church doctrine, not courts, define confession says Arizona Supreme Court
In a unanimous decision, Arizona’s Supreme Court upheld a broad definition of clergy-penitent privilege July 30. While the case involved the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, widely known as the …
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Australian jury convicts former Catholic bishop of sexually abusing 2 men
An Australian jury on Thursday convicted a former Catholic bishop renowned for hosting alcohol-fueled house parties of sexually abusing two young Indigenous men.
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‘And With Your Spirit’ Isn’t a Shallow Throwaway Line
“And with your spirit” is not a phrase you hear much in modern American life. Nobody says it at Starbucks. Nobody says it while you’re waiting for an oil change. …
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Lilly Endowment awards $5 million grant to Notre Dame
A grant for Notre Dame’s New Horizons program, a California Catholic school replaces pride flags, a Kansas formation house to become a seminary, and more in this Catholic education news …
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Lilly Endowment awards $5 million grant to Notre Dame
The Lilly Endowment has given the University of Notre Dame a $5 million grant to support the Department of Theology’s Master of Arts and Master of Divinity programs. “This grant …
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German bishop: Vatican case against lay preaching ‘not entirely consistent’
Bishop Peter Kohlgraf said the Diocese of Mainz would observe the ban but that he will also not sanction parishes where laypeople preach at Mass. St. Martin’s Cathedral in Mainz, …
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German bishop: Vatican case against lay preaching ‘not entirely consistent’
Bishop Peter Kohlgraf of Mainz, Germany, who chairs the pastoral commission of the German Bishops’ Conference, said the Vatican’s reasoning on the ban on lay preaching is, in his view, …
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Texas Court Orders Hospitals to Provide Lifesaving Care to Baby at Center of Surrogacy Dispute
f11photoThe Dallas skyline. ‘My office utilized every tool at our disposal to protect life, and we will not back down in continuing to support baby Gabriel’s well-being,’ the prosecutor said.
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American named to Pontifical Committee for Historical Sciences (Vatican Press Office)
Pope Leo XIV today named Francesco Cesareo, the retired president of Assumption University in Massachusetts, as a member of the Pontifical Committee for Historical Science. The Pontiff also named Umberto …