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Read MoreAny interview with Pope Francis must be interpreted carefully, as he prefers a looser and more informal style.
Read MoreThe vast scope of his writings means there is always something pertinent to any circumstance.
Read MoreThe latest controversy involving bishops the Holy Father has appointed in his native country may have permanently scuttled the chances of ever making a papal trip home.
Read MoreU.S. Supreme Court upholds Texan age verification requirement for sites like Montreal's Pornhub
Read MoreThe academies of 1994 were occasions for Catholics to be proud of genuine intellectual engagement in the service of the faith. Thirty years on it is time to go back to that original promise.
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Read MoreThe new norms make no mention of Medjugorje, but it would be fair speculation to think that they were designed to make reaching a conclusion about Medjugorje easier.
Read MoreThe appointment of the celebrated geneticist to head the Pontifical Academy for Life was one of the key signature moves in the papacy of Pope St. John Paul II.
Read MoreThe German composer’s effort will provide a sublime exhortation to universal brotherhood at the World Meeting on Human Fraternity.
Read MoreDuring the global financial crisis, government acted boldly to protect the wealthiest. Why not act for the good of all, not just the titans?
Read MoreParish priests, after years of pointed criticisms from the Holy Father, will appreciate the kind words in his letter, but they might be less enthusiastic about his call to become ‘missionaries of synodality.’
Read MoreIf Trudeau accuses Poilievre of being a racist-by-association, then it seems fair game to observe that Trudeau enjoyed wearing blackface
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Read MoreThe upsurge in canonizations in recent decades is a reflection of the reality that another age of persecution is now underway.
Read MoreOn the 50th anniversary of the Carnation Revolution, the 'third wave' provides hope for global democratization
Read MoreOne citation does not a summer make, but perhaps Dignitas marks a spring thaw, and John Paul the Great is now the saint that can come in from the cold.
Read MoreThe canonical anomaly, suggested by the Holy Father in an interview with CBS News, was once an anomaly but has become the norm among Catholics.
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