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African Catholic Bishops to Chart a Path of Hope and
African bishops in Accra, Ghana, in February 2025. Credits: Vatican News This week marks a historic gathering as African bishops...
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Pope Leo XIV makes surprise visit during Africa Day Mass
Via CatholicNewsWorld.com
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Highlights from the International Conference on “Benedict XVI’s Legacy: Unfinished
The Benedict XVI Institute for Africa is pleased to offer the following detailed recap and photos from participants and attendees...
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Benedict XVI’s Legacy: Unfinished Debates on Faith, Culture, and Politics
Sunday, April 7 5:00–7:00 p.m. Registration Check-InMorris Inn, outside Private Dining RoomsNote: Check-in will also be available Monday. 6:00-7:30 p.m....
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Theologians gather in Cameroon for a Colloquium on BXVI’s Introduction
For a full report of the Colloquium, click here. On Wednesday, November 23rd, African theologians and scholars gathered at the...
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Men of Sorrows
Every Good Friday, the Church’s Liturgy turns her gaze upon the face of Christ, the suffering servant; the One whom...
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Why God Must Not Be Set Aside
“There is no saint without a past; there is no sinner without a future” Meditations on the Life of Augustine...
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Joseph Aloysius Ratzinger – Benedict XVI at 95th
On this same Saturday Easter Vigil 95 years ago a young Bavarian was Born. One who will become a Christian,...
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Theologians gather to discuss ‘Africae Munus, Ten Years Later’
Africae Munus Ten Years LaterNovember 4-6, 2021, Mundelein Seminary Co-organized by Maurice Agbaw-Ebai and Matthew LeveringSponsored by the Benedict XVI...
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The Perenniality of Christian Martyrdom
Before canonizations became centralized under the papacy, the most common factor that made a canonized saint of a Christian was...
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When Joseph Aloysius Ratzinger was invited to address the Bundestag, the German Parliament, history was in the making. It was...
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The Gospel of John opens with the enigmatic faith of the community of the beloved disciple: “In the beginning was...
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