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Vatican releases book compiling pope’s theology of ecology
VATICAN CITY — The global ecological crisis is just one of the effects of a distorted and diseased view people have of the world,...
Simple Christians: Ordinary Trappist martyrs gave extraordinary witness
VATICAN CITY — After Islamic terrorists stormed the Algerian monastery he called home, Trappist Father Christian de Cherge felt compelled to put pen to...
Book tells about behind-the-scenes search for St. Peter’s bones
HOUSTON — Two Houston men shared a journey through centuries of history and a decades-long archaeological dig under the Vatican to unveil a story...
Men of service memorialized
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For diocese’s 150th anniversary, Father Thomas Peterman releases updated book on its priests
WILMINGTON — Seventeen years ago, when the Diocese of Wilmington was...
Risky papal behavior? Pope Francis calls interviews ‘a risk I...
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VATICAN CITY — Replying to questions and giving interviews are a “pastoral risk” Pope Francis said he is prepared to take, because...
Priest finds hope amid violence that has killed millions in Congo
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QUEBEC CITY — For Father Gaston Ndaleghana Mumbere, the feast of the...
Saints and spies: Pope Pius XII’s secret war against Hitler
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ROME — Pope Pius XII, who some critics say remained silent during the Holocaust, played a pivotal role in coordinating covert spy...
Church’s credibility found in showing mercy, pope says in new book,...
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VATICAN CITY — Being ministers of God’s mercy, church members overcome “prejudice and rigidity,” taking risks like Jesus did in order to...
Considering Irish Americans without emerald-colored glasses
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“The Irish Way: Becoming American in the Multiethnic City” by James R. Barrett. Penguin Press (New York, 2012). 369 pp., $29.95.
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Biography depicts spiritual vibrancy of Maryknoll Sisters’ foundress
“On the Threshold of the Future: The Life and Spirituality of Mother Mary Joseph Rogers, Founder of the Maryknoll Sisters” by Claudette LaVerdiere, MM....