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Month: August 2013
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Archbishop Pietro Parolin appointed Vatican Secretary of State
Today the Vatican announced that Archbishop Pietro Parolin, nuncio to Venezuela and long-time Vatican diplomat, has been appointed as the new Secretary of State. The 58-year-old Parolin will succeed Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, who has held […]
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Romanian priest who died in Communist prison camp will be beatified tomorrow
This weekend Cardinal Angelo Amato, prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, will beatify a Romanian priest who died in a Communist prison camp in 1954. Msgr. Vladimir Ghika, who was tortured and […]
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“It’s not a kind of game…it is a matter of life or death for tens of thousands of Syrian people”
The National Catholic Register’s Edward Pentin has an interesting interview with Father Samir Khalil Samir, SJ, a professor at St. Joseph University in Beirut and the Pontifical Oriental Institute in Rome and author of many […]
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On the feast of St. Augustine, Francis preaches about the “restlessness of love”
Yesterday evening Pope Francis said Mass at the Basilica of St. Augustine in Rome with members of the Augustinian order, celebrating with them the feast day of their founder, St. Augustine of Hippo. The Holy […]
Sojourns with Schall
Divine Division and Deadly Neutrality
“The word of the Gospel does not, therefore, authorize the use of force to spread the faith. It is exactly the opposite: the Christian’s real force is the force of truth and of love, which […]
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Do the Monster Mash
MPAA Rating, PG-13 USCCB Rating, A-III Reel Rating: (3 Reels out of 5) Demons, werewolves, and vampires! Oh my! The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones is a monster mash of various paranormal creatures all […]
Interview
What the US Can Do to Help Christians in Egypt and Syria
Robert P. George is the new chairman of the US Commission on International Religious Freedom, a panel on which he has served as a commissioner since 2012. Though he has a personal interest in religious […]
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Pope Benedict’s secretary: “Mystical experience” story is false
Last week a report was circulated that Pope Emeritus Benedict had told a visitor that his decision to resign from the papacy earlier this year was the result of a “mystical experience” that has continued […]
Special Report
The Transgender Culture Wars
A few weeks ago, readers of the New York Post were confronted with a story whose sensational title was characteristic of the tabloid: “I’m a Guy Again! ABC newsman who switched genders wants to switch […]