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Did Pope Francis really say to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas ldquo You are an angel of peace rdquo as The Associated Press The New York Times The Irish Times La Nacion Clarin ANSA ndash the main Italian news agency and America magazine reported at the time Or did he tell him ldq

Can Republicans motivate their older base without alienating the next generation?

When we speak of Catholic schools, we often do so without making important distinctions.

The countdown to the archbishop's beatification in San Salvador begins

Even as it gets ready to mark one of the biggest events in its history—the May 23 beatification of slain archbishop Oscar Romero—El Salvador, which in Spanish means "the savior," is in the midst of one of its most violent periods.

Pope Francis canonized four women religious on Sunday, all 19th century nuns who worked in education. St Marie-Alphonsine and St Mary of Jesus Crucified were from the territory that made up historical Palestine; St Jeanne Emilie de Villeneuve was a French nun and foundress; and St Maria Cristina of

My first reaction to the Friday morning headlines that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev had been condemned to death by the Boston jury for his role in bombing the Boston Marathon was anger mdash an emotion I more or less put on hold many years ago and which very rarely surfaces The second was sadness Anger was

Does Don Draper find spiritual enlightenment in the series finale of “Mad Men”?

Investigative reporters spent more than 14 months researching the whole affair.

William Shomali the Palestinian born auxiliary-bishop of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem was one of the concelebrants at the mass during which Pope Francis canonized the two Palestinian women saints in St Peter rsquo s Square on Sunday morning May 17 nbsp I spoke with him afterwards and aske

Pope Francis canonized four 19th century women religious ndash 2 from Palestine and one each from Italy and France ndash during a festive mass in St Peter rsquo s Square on May 17 attended by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and official State delegations from Jordan Israel Italy and Fra

Cambridge MA This is an in-between time in the academic calendar Classes have ended but exams are being written and papers finished and the final push on grading is still to come Professors like me are not on summer holiday to be sure but neither are we as busy as we were during the hectic w

A commencement speech too great not to share

ldquo You are an angel of peace rdquo Pope Francis told Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at the end of their meeting in the Vatican May 16 during which they both expressed the hope for the resumption of ldquo direct peace negotiations rdquo between Israelis and Palestinians Francis paid hi

A few years ago at the commencement ceremonies of the Jesuit high school where I teach and work a colleague of mine addressed the graduating class and closed with words -- a prayer really -- attributed to Sir Francis Drake I have not been able to verify whether Drake is in fact the author In t

A Federal jury sentenced Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to death today. The decision for death was reached despite a strong pushback against the use of capital punishment in the case from Boston Cardinal Sean O’Malley and the Massachusetts Catholic Conference of Bishops and the appea

May 15, 2015Santa MartaCommunities that are fearful and without joy are sick, they are not Christian communities. That was the message of Pope Francis at his morning Mass at the Casa Santa Marta.“Fear” and “joy” – those are the two words of the liturgy of the day. Fear,

Pepperdine University Seaver College Commencement nbsp May 2ndElizabeth HolmesHolmes is the founder and CEO of Theranos nbsp which is developing cheap tests for the diagnosis of disease Holmes is also the world rsquo s youngest self-made female billionaire and one of TIME rsquo s 2015 100 most in