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Pope Francis: Jesuit Matteo Ricci brought the Catholic faith to China with dialogue, friendship and consistency
In his general audience, Pope Francis discusses the apostolic zeal of Matteo Ricci, the Jesuit who successfully taught and spread the Gospel in China in the 1500s.
By Pope Francis
Latest Vatican financial scandal involves former monastery that housed Jews during WWII
At least $17 million has been transferred from the Vatican's U.S.-based missionary fundraising coffers into an impact investing vehicle run by a priest, the former head of the U.S. organization.

I am a bishop, but before anything else, I am a human being who understands the severe toll of mental illness, especially when it is left untreated.
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Hulu’s ‘The Great’ is more than a raunchy farce. Love and mercy reign.
For me, the plot events ahead are secondary to the show’s real strength, the paths that the characters themselves will take.
Schmagnificent: ‘Schmigadoon’ delivers on the promise of musical theater
“Schmigadoon!” is not about recreating the forms of old musicals, it’s about what happens when we give ourselves over to musical theater.
The works of Brian Doyle remind us of the unique holiness of children and childhood
The writing of Brian Doyle, who died in 2017, hummed with an undercurrent that honors children and invites the reader to adopt their posture of innocence.