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An Audience with Pope Francis—Dispatch from Rome

Posted on February 3, 2015February 2, 2015 by Jenn Lindsay

We were on our way to meet Pope Francis. We—the participants in the 50th anniversary meeting of the Pontifical Institute of Arabic and Islamic Studies—departed together from the Urbaniana campus a... Read More

When Economics Meets Theology

Posted on May 9, 2014May 8, 2014 by Nico Socolovsky

The Lord said to Moses at Mount Sinai, Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘When you enter the land I am giving you, the land itself must observe a sabbath to the Lord” (Lev 25:1-2) Th... Read More

Pacem in Terris and Mercy Mild

Posted on April 11, 2013April 2, 2014 by Ted Dedon

With almost daily reminders that War is Coming, it gets hard to imagine an alternative. Over the last month our media has been banging the drums of war suggesting that Kim Jong-un is borderline psycho... Read More

Bishop of Bishops! (Mormon Poetry for a Catholic Moment)

Posted on April 1, 2013April 1, 2013 by Alasdair Ekpenyong

Habemus papam, and everyone seems to know it. Something that surprised me during Pope Francis’ election process was the way that this event seemed to produce an ripple of Catholic consciousness ... Read More

Taking Time: Health and Ministry

Posted on March 28, 2013March 28, 2013 by Christina Yost

It is about that time in the academic calendar at my seminary where we are halfway through the semester and the influx of homework that always seem to accumulate around this time of the year. For many... Read More

The Election of the New Hope: Dispatch from Rome

Posted on March 15, 2013March 15, 2013 by Jenn Lindsay

Last night I went to Saint Peter’s Square in Rome. I hoped to to see the black smoke of the papal conclave. I figured the dark puff would roil out from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel and the sorr... Read More