The problem with drug use is not just its grave danger to our bodily and psychological well-being, nor that it constitutes a radical assertion of self-will,...
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The most alive of the dead languages is also getting a boost in some surprising corners outside the Vatican walls.
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From the earliest Apostolic Fathers to the last of the great Greek Fathers, we see recognition of Mary's role in God's plan of salvation.
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In the last installment of this “God's Two Books” column, I reflected on some highlights from the unprecedented dialogue that unfolded over eight years...
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Philippine Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle of Manila has been appointed the new prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.
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Leonardo Boff, a Catholic theologian and key figure of Liberation theology, was condemned for decades by the Vatican. Now, he says, the pope himself is going...
56 months ago

Father Georg continues to serve his original boss, retired Pope Benedict XVI, while also heading the Papal household of Pope Francis.
58 months ago

The native of Buenos Aires, who rose to be its Archbishop, prefers the subway to limousines -- 'villas miserias' to ecclesiastical sophistication.
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He was Benedict XVI's right-hand man, and now runs daily operations for Francis, but it's still not clear where German-born Georg Ganswein fits into other...
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VATICAN CITY - The last few days before he was ordained archbishop at St. Peter's Cathedral in Rome, "Don Giorgio" Gänswein was without his iPhone or PC,...
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