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News in :90 – April 7, 2017
Pope’s comments on celibacy sparks debate
Pope Francis has suggested the possibility of allowing married men to become ordained Catholic priests in certain circumstances, challenging tradition and sparking debate amongst Catholics.
Liturgical Choir to sing in Pope’s midnight Mass
Pope Francis will preside over the Mass in which the Liturgical Choir will be an accompanying choir to the Sistine Chapel Choir, which sings at all Masses involving the Pope.
Papal visit: what now?
Columnist Jeffrey Langan discusses the best ways to build on Pope Francis’ visit to the United States.
Faith in modern politics
Opinions editor Jacob Sevening discusses Pope Francis, Republican presidential candidates and the importance of adapting faith to fit the modern world.
Pope Francis mingles with high and low in New York visit
While in New York City, Pope Francis on Friday offered comfort to 9/11 victims’ families, warnings to world leaders at the United Nations and encouragement to schoolchildren in Harlem.
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Students prepare for papal pilgrimage
Students from St. Thomas’ and St. Kate’s campus ministry groups will travel to Philadelphia for Pope Francis’ first visit to America.
Italian authorities: Terror suspects planned Vatican attack
MILAN (AP) — Islamic extremists suspected in a bomb attack in a Pakistani market that killed more than 100 people had also planned an attack against the Vatican in 2010 that was never carried out, an Italian prosecutor said Friday. Wiretaps collected as part of an investigation into an Islamic terror network operating in Italy …
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Students, Public Safety combine for dodgeball tournament
St. Thomas students, staff and faculty teamed up with St. Thomas Public Safety officers to form 26 teams in the first ever Dodgeball Tournament with Public Safety Saturday.
Pope OKs protecting Iraq minorities, wants UN OK
Pope Francis on Monday said efforts to stop Islamic militants from attacking religious minorities in Iraq are legitimate but said the international community — and not just one country — should decide how to intervene.
Two St. Thomas professors translate Pope’s interview
Theology professor Massimo Faggioli and Modern and Classical Languages professor Sarah Christopher Faggioli were two of the five U.S. scholars commissioned for the translation of the Italian interview.
Pope opens solemn Holy Week amid controversy
Pope Benedict XVI opened Holy Week on Sunday amid one of the most serious crises facing the church in decades, with questions about his handling of cases of pedophile priests and the Vatican acknowledging its “moral credibility” was on the line. Benedict made no direct mention of the scandal in his Palm Sunday homily. But one of the prayers, recited in Portuguese during Mass, was “for the young and for those charged with educating them and protecting them.” Jesus Christ, Benedict said in his homily, guides the faithful “toward the courage that doesn’t let us be intimidated by the chatting of dominant opinions, towards patience that supports others.”