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‘There is not anything illicit about it’: Community reflects on pope’s support for same-sex civil unions

Gabrielle Penna | Wednesday, October 28, 2020

Pope Francis was featured in the documentary “Francesco” at the Rome Film Festival on Oct. 21. Interviews included in this documentary addressed issues of poverty, migration, racial equality and environmental sustainability. In addition to addressing these issues, the pope vocalized support for same-sex civil unions, becoming the first pontiff to do so. “Homosexual people have

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Same-sex civil unions and my radical hope

Letter to the Editor | Friday, October 23, 2020

In her virtual Hesburgh Lecture at Notre Dame two weeks ago, Dr. Angela Davis asked the question: “How can we educate ourselves so we have the capacity to think beyond what exists in the present?” Dr. Davis suggests that this radical hope for what is possible in the future is what grounds us in the

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Saint Mary’s to offer new program for ’Laudato Si’ anniversary

Olivia Traxler | Tuesday, September 15, 2020

In light of Pope Francis’s announcement of the special anniversary celebration of the ‘Laudato Si,’ the Center for Spirituality of Saint Mary’s College is sponsoring a new study-faith-in-action program. The program consists of one to two environmentally-related service projects or immersion experiences, one lecture related to ‘Laudato Si’ and one to two prayer experiences related

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University professor appointed to pontifical commission by Pope Francis

Isabella Volmert | Tuesday, March 3, 2020

In 2017, theology professor Gabriel Reynolds was one of 15 academics who was invited to work with the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue (PCID) in preparation for Pope Francis’s historic visit to Cairo, Egypt. Now, three years later, Reynolds has been officially invited by Francis and head of the PCID, Cardinal Miguel Ayuso, to serve

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An excellent apostolic exhortation

Brennan Buhr | Monday, February 17, 2020

Just a few months ago, I became concerned that Pope Francis was slowly embracing a new vision of the Church that is beholden to liberal German wealth and does not submit itself to the abiding witness of the Holy Spirit. The recent Amazon synod seemed to have all the markings of a subterfuge whereby liberal-minded

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Not Catholic, need not apply

Jackie O'Brien and Mary Szromba | Thursday, January 30, 2020

Fellow columnist Brennan Buhr’s piece published Monday, “The twilight zone,” is a sorry misunderstanding of what it means to be a Catholic university. While Mr. Buhr is relatively accurate in describing the position of the Catholic Church with respect to abortion, he goes 10 steps too far in declaring that all students running for student

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Notre Dame philosophy professor appointed to Vatican academy of Thomas Aquinas

Mariah Rush | Friday, September 20, 2019

Last spring, Notre Dame philosophy professor Therese Cory learned she had officially been named a member of the Pontifical Academy of St. Thomas Aquinas by Pope Francis. The John and Jean Oesterle Associate Professor of Thomistic Studies is currently one of 50 members, and is only the third woman in history to be made a member.

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Jenkins co-sponsors Vatican dialogue on climate change

Observer Staff Report | Friday, June 14, 2019

University President Fr. John Jenkins and Cardinal Peter Turkson, the prefect of the Vatican’s Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, cosponsored a Vatican-sponsored dialogue on energy transition from June 12-14, the University announced in a press release. The dialogue was titled “The Energy Transition and Care for Our Common Home.” On Friday, Pope Francis addressed

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Journalist offers insight to American-Catholic, Vatican relations

Jack Lyons | Friday, March 22, 2019

When describing relations between the Catholic Church in America and the Vatican, John L. Allen Jr. compared the climate to a game where two men take turns kicking each other until one of them gives up. “We are not actually engaged in a patient search for understanding,” he said in a lecture at Holy Cross

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Fr. Joe Corpora speaks on importance of mercy in new book

Aaron Benavides | Wednesday, February 13, 2019

Fr. Joe Corpora, Holy Cross priest and priest-in-residence in Dillon Hall, hosted a book signing for his newest work, “Becoming Mercy: The Path to Becoming Fully Alive” in the Coleman-Morse lounge Tuesday. Corpora’s newest book is a sequel to “The Relentless Mercy of God,” a series of reflections inspired by his experience as a Missionary

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