The meeting of cardinals and promoters of the sainthood causes, also known as an “ordinary public consistory,” formally ends the process of approving a new saint.
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Pope Francis Opens the Door to Canonization of Mother Teresa of Calcutta
Pope Francis has opened the door to the canonization of Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta He did so this afternoon Dec 17 when he recognized the miraculous cure of a Brazilian man that took place at the end of 2008 nbsp The news was broken unofficially this evening by the Italian Catholic daily
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Joseph Ratzinger: The local church and the universal church
Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger responds to a 2001 America article by Cardinal Walter Kasper on the relationship between the universal church and local churches.
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A Big Heart Open to God: An interview with Pope Francis
“It is not a figure of speech, a literary genre. I am a sinner.”
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How To Read an Encyclical: From May 18, 1963
A poem for ‘Mater et Magistra’
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A Historic Departure: Reflections on Benedict XVI’s surprise decision to resign
On Feb. 11, 2013, Pope Benedict XVI announced a decision that will have far-reaching implications for the modern church.
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The Second Vatican Council was the sower. Now we are the laborers.
Reaping the harvest of Vatican II requires the ongoing efforts of all in the church who are committed to its vision of reform and renewal.
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A Somber Anniversary: A century ago, a promising American theological journal fell victim to the modernist crisis.
The modernist crisis and the death of a magazine.
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Who was Charles de Foucauld?
At the time of his violent death, Charles de Foucauld had had founded no congregation nor attracted any followers. And yet his witness endured.
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The Vatican Concordat With Hitler’s Reich: The Concordat of 1933 was ambiguous in its day and remains so.
Seventy years ago a fateful meeting occurred in Rome. The Vatican’s secretary of state, Cardinal Eugenio Pacelli (the future Pope Pius XII), and Germany’s vice chancellor, Franz von Papen, formally signed a concordat between the Holy See and the German Reich on July 20, 1933.