Two scholars who died this week—Albert Nolan, O.P., and Msgr. John P. Meier—made enormous contributions to our understanding of the historical Jesus and his message.
Obituary
Posted inLast Take, Politics & Society
Queen Elizabeth turned privilege into a life of Christian service
“We can speak lightly and, perhaps, skeptically about the grace of office,” writes British Jesuit Father James Hanvey. “In Queen Elizabeth, we saw that grace working.”
Posted inFaith, Short Take
R.I.P. John W. O’Malley, S.J.: The dean of Catholic historians who helped save Vatican II from ‘oblivion’
A mentor for a generation of scholars of American Catholic history, John W. O’Malley, S.J., died Sept. 11, 2022, at the age of 95.
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In Memoriam: John W. O’Malley, S.J.
James Martin, S.J., offers a personal remembrance of John O’Malley, S.J. the dean of Catholic historians and a mentor to generations of Jesuits, priests, religious men and women and Catholic laypeople.
Posted inDispatches, Faith
Death of Queen Elizabeth II: Catholic leaders recall ‘an example of Christian leadership’
Pope Francis highlighted the late queen’s “example of devotion to duty, her steadfast witness of faith in Jesus Christ and her firm hope in his promises.”
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Queen Elizabeth II, monarch for more than seven decades, is dead at 96
Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s longest-reigning monarch and a symbol of stability across much of a turbulent century, died Thursday. She was 96.
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Milwaukee’s Archbishop Weakland, social justice champion who resigned amid scandal, dies at age 95
Retired Archbishop Rembert Weakland, O.S.B. of Milwaukee, a leading Catholic intellectual who pushed for social justice and increased power for women in the church before he resigned amid a sexual and financial scandal, has died.
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Father Carl Kabat, who spent 17 years in prison for anti-nuclear protests, dies at 88
Father Kabat, an avid anti-nuclear protestor and member of the Plowshares Eight, is dead at 88 years old.
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R.I.P. Tom Cornell, prophet of peace and lifelong friend of the Catholic Worker
Tom Cornell, who died on Aug. 1 at the age of 88, was truly one of the architects of the American Catholic peace movement.
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Remembering Vin Scully: Legendary Dodgers announcer, occasional philosopher and devout Catholic
Where have you gone, Vin Scully? A nation turns its lonely ear to you.