Pope Francis has criticized clerics who are “far from the people.” One solution, writes Stacey Noem of the University of Notre Dame, is to better integrate candidates for the priesthood with lay students.
Catholic Education
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Boston College students and faculty push to reject Koch funding
“As a Jesuit institution, we have a moral duty to put the common good above all else, and we believe the acceptance of this grant would legitimize the past, self-interested actions of the Koch Foundation,” a petition read.
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Issue of selling slaves ‘bigger than Georgetown,’ says descendant
“There was an apology, but for us, we needed more and we continue to seek more.”
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WATCH | Ignatian Family Teach-In for Justice 2019
Watch talks by James Martin, S.J., Sr. Peggy O’Neill and more here.
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Georgetown reparations plan for slaves sold by university draws criticism from students
Georgetown announced it would commit to raising around $400,000 a year to create a fund for reparations to the descendants of 272 slaves sold by the college in the pre-Civil War era.
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The humanities may seem pointless, but that is the point
Humanities education is imperiled and undervalued in an a society that worships short-term usefulness, writes Santiago Ramos. But there is a rebellion in defense of educating the soul.
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What Notre Dame’s Fighting Irish can teach us about American Catholicism
What has football contributed to American Catholicism? What has Catholicism contributed to American football? For Catholics, it is particularly worth revisiting Notre Dame’s unique story.
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What Theodore Hesburgh missed about Catholic universities
Fr. Theodore Hesburgh’s somewhat idiosyncratic relation to St. John Henry Newman’s capacious mind on Catholic higher education.
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Venezuelan priest becomes social media sensation with Scripture video series
Capuchin Franciscan Father Luis Antonio Salazar is breaking with traditional ways of preaching and bringing the Gospel to thousands of cellphone users each week through an Instagram video series called “Vivir el Evangelio,” or “Living the Gospel.”
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Five reasons John Henry Newman is a saint for our times
Newman, like all of the saints, is perennially relevant because holiness never goes out of style.