Answered by Legionary of Christ Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy and sacramental theology at the Pontifical Regina Apostolorum university.

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A murder in Mozambique raised embarrassing questions for the government and for the Catholic Church itself

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The stretch between First and York avenues lies beside Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and St. Catherine of Siena Church. The date marked 130 years since Rose welcomed her first patient into her own home on 1 October 1896. This year also marks the centenary of her death on 9 July 1926.

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The divisions suggest that Catholic political allegiance is increasingly shaped by competing social and economic experiences rather than by a common religious identity

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The press release advises caution regarding offers of Masses, blessings, sacraments, and spiritual guidance, as well as requests for money made by individuals falsely claiming to represent the institution.

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A mosaic demonstrating how American Catholicism defies simplistic, caricatured portrayals. Caught between the promptings of the Social Doctrine and the siren calls of identity politics, the Catholic electorate embodies the very arena where the sense of the sacred continues to shape -- and contest -- the form of American democracy.

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This aspect of the decision could have far-reaching implications for dioceses and religious orders that continue to maintain such lists. The judges also noted the climate of fear that the practice can create among priests, who may feel that their reputations and ministries can be destroyed by an administrative decision without a prior criminal or even administrative process and without an effective means of appeal.

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For Leo XIV, the choices also signal the importance he attaches to strengthening the people responsible for translating the Church’s social teaching into practical engagement with the world.

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This aspect of the decision could have far-reaching implications for dioceses and religious orders that continue to maintain such lists. The judges also noted the climate of fear that the practice can create among priests, who may feel that their reputations and ministries can be destroyed by an administrative decision without a prior criminal or even administrative process and without an effective means of appeal.

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In the 2026 Chapter Communiqué, the new general government made an honest assessment of the path taken and asked for forgiveness on behalf of the entire Legion for the errors committed in implementing these commitments: instances in which attention to victims was not provided with due promptness or sensitivity, and occasions when transparency did not fully harmonize with regards to the presumed innocence of the accused.

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In the 1970s, Christians in Arunachal Pradesh watched their churches burn while officials insisted nothing had happened. As a 1978 law wakes from its long

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By Verghese V Joseph – In an age of stents, ventilators, artificial valves and intensive-care algorithms, the word “miracle” is usually used loosely—as a compliment

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