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A Catholic counseling formation center will open in Arizona this fall as a project of the University of Mary and the Diocese of Phoenix. The Photina Center for Catholic Counseling will offer in-person courses for the University of Mary’s Catholic Anthropology Certificate and limited courses in the master of science in counseling as well as…
Nearly 30 years ago, Brother Mickey McGrath, OSFS, an award-winning artist, found himself in a hospital room as his father battled colon cancer. One afternoon he came across a magazine and in it was the last interview with Servant of God Sister Thea Bowman — an African American woman who challenged the Church in the…
The monumental wooden doors at the entrance of the Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, one of the holiest sites for Christians of all denominations, were removed from their hinges on Feb. 19 by workers restoring the basilica’s floor and will undergo a restoration process. The work is part of the ongoing restoration of…
BRUSSELS — The European Commission has rejected a proposal to create a new European Union-wide financing mechanism for abortion access but said existing EU funds may still be used by member states to support women traveling abroad for abortion services. The decision, announced Feb. 26, comes in response to the European Citizens’ Initiative “My Voice,…
More than 60 years after the pinnacle events of the U.S. Civil Rights Movement, a Catholic parish in Montgomery, Alabama, remains a “place set apart” due to its notable role in the push for racial justice in the segregated U.S. South. The City of St. Jude Parish, which sits on the outskirts of Montgomery, is…
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“We’re going to Cairo.” That’s how husband and wife Father Albert and Abby Scharbach discovered that their pilgrimage in Israel had been cut short by the launch of the current Iranian conflict. The Scharbachs — Father Albert is a priest of the Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter, having originally served as a priest…
Venerable Archbishop Fulton Sheen (1895–1979) was an award-winning radio and television personality who, amid fame and success, kept Christ at the center of his life. Now, he’s on the path to sainthood, with the Vatican recently announcing that his beatification — the second of three major steps in the canonization process — will be moving…
This article is not for the squeamish. A haunting video of a former Chinese doctor describes how he was ordered to extract the eyes of a prisoner. Filled with terror, the eyes were moving. The prisoner was alive. The event happened years ago. But the doctor in the video, recounting the story, was sobbing and…
“I love you, brother.” That’s how Paul Thigpen would always end his time with me, whether at a restaurant for lunch in northern Georgia or after one of our periodic 30-minute phone calls. As noted by a priest (one of 12!) who concelebrated his March 2 funeral Mass, Paul was a warm, ever-gracious man, one…
