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Jesuit Fr. Ladislas Orsy, law professor who advised at Vatican II, dies at age 103
Posted on 04/16/2025 08:00 AM (National Catholic Reporter)
William Treanor, dean of Georgetown University Law Center, remembers scholar and canon lawyer Jesuit Fr. Ladislas Orsy: "He was, in every way, a giant, and a truly lovely person, and his legacy is a great one."
Planting Laudato Si' seeds of hope
Posted on 04/16/2025 08:00 AM (National Catholic Reporter)
The group of higher learning institutions follows "a mission that transcends political cycles and embraces faith and the tools of science to inspire new learning bringing us closer to creation — the source of all health," said Ted Smith.
Is Trump administration 'the most Christian' ever? No, it's not. Here's why.
Posted on 04/16/2025 08:00 AM (National Catholic Reporter)
The decadeslong effort to make unrestricted capitalism compatible with Catholic teaching keeps running into obstacles in Vatican II documents, papal encyclicals, bishops' pastoral letters, and Christian Scriptures.
Archbishop Broglio visits Ukraine, meets with military chaplains
Posted on 12/30/2022 09:52 AM (CNS Top Stories)
KYIV, Ukraine (CNS) — Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio, head of the U.S. Archdiocese for the...
Seminarian’s cross made from an old pew part of new seminary’s future
Posted on 12/29/2022 12:48 PM (CNS Top Stories)
PHILADELPHIA (CNS) — Everybody needs a hobby, as the saying goes, including seminarians. For Rob...
Eritrean authorities free Catholic bishop held 75 days in prison
Posted on 12/29/2022 11:00 AM (CNS Top Stories)
NAIROBI, Kenya (CNS) — Eritrean authorities have freed Catholic Bishop Fikremariam Hagos Tsalim after 75...
Papal calendar: 2023 holds important events for Pope Francis
Posted on 12/29/2022 10:51 AM (CNS Top Stories)
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis will soon pack his bags for his first foreign...
Two books on experiencing Catholicism have lessons to teach, flaws
Posted on 12/28/2022 09:50 AM (CNS Top Stories)
“The Spirit of Catholicism” by Father Vivian Boland, OP. Bloomsbury Continuum (New York, 2022). 272...
Love comes first, pope says in letter on teaching of St. Francis de Sales
Posted on 12/28/2022 07:59 AM (CNS Top Stories)
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The most important question a Christian can ask when making any...
UPDATE: Pope Francis asks prayers for ailing Pope Benedict
Posted on 12/28/2022 07:33 AM (CNS Top Stories)
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Two days after Pope Francis told people retired Pope Benedict was...